Chapter 25
The car was dead silence. The sound of the roaring engine only was heard, both occupant was lost in a land of their own. The morning encounter fresh on their mind. Kristen's thoughts led her to when she saw Jack and Sue dinning together. They looked comfortable with each other, and shared a closeness that she thought her relationship with Jack lacked in the past. Snorting, she and Jack had been everything, lovers, enemies but never friends. She thought that after all this time that she and him would have reached a middle ground. The little devil on her left shoulder reminded her that once Jack finds out what she does …. The angel on her right said that he would forgive her and move on hopefully together. Yeah, like that would happen the devil snorted and for the first time she wanted so much to believe the angel within her.
Realizing they reached the office, they both slipped out not talking.
She was the first one to spot D, and before Jack had the chance to say good morning. D was talking to Kristen in a corner, whispering silently, and for a moment he wanted to ask Sue what they were talking about. Shaking his head to chase the idea out of his head. He'd know in time.
Hanging his leather jacket and turned to their computer whiz and asked "Tara, anything?" he asked hopefully. Shaking her head she answered "Nothing yet solid on them. In two days the party will be held and with any luck we will have something if not somethings" wrinkling her nose in confusion and before she could correct herself "I don't think somethings is even a word shelia" Grinned Bobby.
"I was just thinking that. And how can you be so chipper in this time of the morning?" she asked.
"Sure you do luv. And to the second question the answer is Myles" Bobby answered
"How can Myles make anyone chipper, much less you?" asked Lucy after hanging her jacket and joined the banter with Sue.
"The word on the street that our lovely co-worker and friend have been stood up by a cyber-chick no less" he smiled
"Did he just say cyber-chick?" asked a confused Sue
"It means a girl who he met online" explained Tara.
"Now that is a good reason why Myles caused the good mood of yours." Laughed Jack. "But that doesn't enlighten us by whom and why he was stood up. And why do I get the feeling you had something to do with it"
"Not just me, mate. I had two major helpers with this" Bobby said while sneaking sly glances at the woman near him and the one at the corner. Lucy's question had him turning "So where is he?"
"Any tic of the clock" he answered cryptically.
Any tic of the clock: Australian expression that means very soon