Chapter 10

10

After The Meeting

Liam held Jamey's hand as they waited for Justin. They were outside Jamey's favorite fast food restaurant, Wendy's.

Justin soon came outside, holding two bags with the famous Wendy's logo. He stepped inside the nice car, sitting down in the driver's seat.

"Ok, Spicey Chicken Nuggets for you." Justin starts, handing Jamey his kid's meal. "And a Dave's Single for you."  Next handing Liam his sandwich.

"And a Bacon Cheese Burger for me." He says, holding his bag. "I'll pay you back, I swear," Liam promises, but Justin waves him off.

"Weren't you the one who let me stay at your apartment, and gave me food yesterday?" Justin says before grabbing a fry before eating it.

Liam rolls his eyes, grabbing a fry from the bag. Justin looks back to see Jamey grab a nugget.

"Jamey, wait till we get home to eat ok?" Justin says, placing the food on the hand rest. "Ok, Papa," Jamey says placing the nugget back in the box.

Justin turns on the car, backing out of Wendy's parking lot, and onto the main road.

"Speaking of home, where are you going to sleep?" Liam asks, looking out of the tinted windows.

"I don't know, I'll probably sleep with Angelica, Jamey can choose if he wants to sleep there or with Eugene," Justin says, turning on his blinker.

Liam nods his head slowly. "Just, as long as your safe," Liam says, looking over at Justin.

Justin smiles, sitting back in the seat. "Do you want me to stay over at your apartment again?" Justin asks, glancing at Liam.

Liam chuckles, his shoulders going up and down with each laugh. "It's your choice, you can stay if you want."

"But what do you want?" Justin asks, his voice going serious. "I want to be with you, hang out with you, have fun with you, everything like that,"  Liam says, quietly.

"And if that means, we have another sleepover, then so be it," Liam says, his head leaning on the headrest.

"Ok, yeah. Let's do it, another sleepover!" Justin says excitedly. "But I get to choose the show," Justin says smirking.

"Can I have a sleepover?" Jamey asks, and Liam laughs. "Can he, I don't want to intrude or anything," Justin says, glancing at Jamey's happy eyes.

"Of, a course he can! He's my best friend." Liam says happily, giving Jamey a fry. Justin rolls his eyes, watching as Jamey watches more videos on Liam's phone.

"I need to get a new phone," Justin says, sadly. Liam turns back all the way to look at Jamey with his phone.

"Hey Jamey, I need my phone for a second. Your Papa doesn't know how to drive." Liam says and Jamey laughs.

He hands the phone to him saying; "Yes he does! Papa is very smart." Jamey says smiling. "yeah, I'm very smart." Justin joined in, and Jamey laughed harder.

Liam sits back upright and looks at his phone, typing in the apartment complex on the tablet, press go.

The Google Maps voice instructs Justin to go on the highway, and so he does. "Go straight for 17 miles." The robotic voice instructs, Justin goes into the cruise, leaning back in his seat.

"So, what show are we going to watch, and I don't like scary stuff," Liam warns, shivering at the thought of Jumpscares.

"Him, well I was thinking about Annebelle," Justin said smirking as Liam looked at him with a shocked face.

"you would never!" He says, his phone ringing. It was an unknown caller, and Liam sighs. He holds a finger up for Justin to stop talking.

"Hello?" Liam says, his voice changer into a deeper, and scarier voice. "Hey, Weasel, not right now, I'm doing something. I'll talk to you later." He hangs up the phone groaning.

Justin looks from the car to him. "Who was it?" He asks, his eyes going back to the road.

"Nothing, just work," Liam says, his voice going back to normal. Justin nods, going back to focusing on the road.

A few minutes go by and the Tesla car makes a beeping noise. Justin groans, looking at the large display and pressed a charging button.

"Ok, the car's almost dead, so we got to make a detour so that we could charge it," Justin says, going into an exit.

They all drive into a Shell and go into a Tesla spot, Justin getting out of the car to charge it.

Liam also gets out, leaning on the car roof. "We can watch Netflix in the car while we wait," Justin suggests and Liam waves him off.

"I sort of have a call to make, you guys can watch though." He says smiling. Justin hesitates, but he nods, getting back in the car.

"Ok, Jamey, let's watch a movie," Justin says as Jamey climbs into Liam's previous seat.

Justin knew about Liam's secret job, but he hopes that this is not that job.

 Meanwhile

Liam paced back and forth, a few feet from the car, waiting for Weasel to answer. After a couple of tones he did.

"Hey, I'm back, what's the job?" Liam asks, looking back and forth to see if anyone is listening.

Weasel shuffles through a couple of papers, looking for the right one, before reading it.

"Ok, so this girl named Vanessa Johanne has been dealing with a stalker. He works at Marco's Pizza, and his name is Jayden Fisher. Simple job, $1000, you in?" Weasel asks, placing all the papers Liam would need in a folder.

"Kill, threat, or kidnap?" Liam whispered, and you could hear Weasel shuffle through some more papers.

"Example," Weasel says as Liam rolls his eyes. "For $1000? Yeah, I'll do it later tonight." Liam says hanging up the phone.

He sighs, looking back in the car. Seeing Jamey and Justin laughing at the movie, eating fries, and talking. Liam shakes his head, knowing he would give up being a mercenary for them.

He slowly starts to walk back to the car, knocking on Jamey's window, scaring him. Jamey rolls down the window smiling.

"Kids under the age of 25 are not allowed to sit in the front seat, so both of you need to go," Liam says, like a police officer.

Justin rolls his eyes as Jamey giggles, crawling into the back seat. Liam unplugs the supercharger, before opening the door and getting in.