Chapter 16

“Fine. I’m an idiot.”

April tore open a packet of pasta winking at him. “The word begins with W.”

“Are you going to help me, or not?”

“Maybe. If we can agree.”

Damn. She was going to make him say it. “Fine, I’m a wanker. Now will you help this wankerrepair the damage he’s caused?”4

“Come on, Jay. Open up. I’m bleeding out here, man.”

Jay grimaced as Dean banged on his door again—an on-going action lasting over ten minutes. An earlier telephone call from April alerted Jay to Dean’s arrival, but the cow—Bitch!—hadn’t warned him soon enough. The casual conversation worked around to the subject of Dean, of how he and she talked, and the eventual confession of how the two decided the best solution was for Dean to head on over.