Page 96 of Getting Down to Business

Chapter 19

Grayson had planned to go in with her, but since she seemed to be in a hurry, he stayed in the car.

He hadn’t thought about the betrayal in a while. He was over it. Or, he wanted to be over it.

The memory of Mandy telling him it was his fault because he went to school so far away made his blood boil all over again. And the way John avoided him and never so much as apologized or came up with an excuse made Gray squeeze his eyes shut. So maybe he wasn’t quite as over it as he’d hoped.

The passenger door opened and Alyssa slid in with a smile on her face.

“Drive back to their house,” she ordered while she settled the bag between her feet.

“Why?” He didn’t understand.

“Just do it. Park two blocks from their house.”

As he pulled out and headed back toward the house of doom, Alyssa opened a bag of beef jerky and held a piece out to him.

“Beef jerky?” he said with a laugh.

“It’s the snack of criminals.”

His brows creased, but he continued driving and chewing until he was parked a block and a half from their dark house. No doubt they were asleep as normal people would be at this hour.

“Come on,” she said as she pulled a carton of eggs from the bag at her feet.

“What the hell are you doing with those?”

“We’re going to throw them at their house. It’s summer. They will stink and be a bugger to wash off, but as long as you don’t wing them at anything breakable, they won’t cause any real damage. Just enough to make us feel better.”

“We’re not fourteen, Liss.”

“Let’s be fourteen for a little while.”

“This is crazy.” He shook his head and looked out the window at the tiny house.

“Are you chicken?” she challenged—and that was all it took. He snatched the carton from her fingers and walked up the sidewalk.

Alyssa giggled as she glanced around quickly, apparently taking on the role of lookout.

Gray pulled the first egg out of the carton and weighed it in his palm before snapping it across the yard. It broke against the porch post, spraying slime all over the front door.

He smiled widely as he pulled out the second egg.

Alyssa only got the chance to throw three eggs and one of them didn’t make it to the house, instead it landed on the grass and bounced onto the sidewalk where it broke and oozed its innards out into a puddle.

Gray was almost disappointed when he realized the carton was empty.

“Let’s go,” Alyssa hissed as she tugged him back to safety. They ran down the sidewalk full speed and jumped in the car. They were laughing hysterically as he sped away.

“I can’t believe we just did that.” He was still laughing when he pulled into the parking lot of the gas station. He let his head rest back against the seat so he could look at her.

Alyssa’s green eyes blazed in the glow of the street light.

“Thank you for that, Liss. I know it was only eggs, but I feel somewhat vindicated.”

“Good. Nothing says screw you like eggs that will most likely be stinking by morning.”

“Remind me to never piss you off.”