Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you. Madame de Tencin
Epilogue
Hawk slowly walked down the corridor. Not hearing any obvious noises, he placed his ear to the door. No sound. This may not be a good thing . Perhaps they had really killed each other instead of getting along. He knew they would never have lasted seven whole days without reaching a breaking point. If one of them (or both of them) were seriously hurt he would never forgive himself. He never pretended to understand women anyway. Of all the creatures on God's green earth, women were the one's that scared him the most. He looked over his shoulder at the crowd that had gathered in the hall.
Ace was taking last minute bets, while clutch made sure he had enough tape in his video camera. Doc and Lifeline stood by with medical supplies, while various others vied for position.
"Here goes," he muttered under his breath.
He punched in the code that unsealed the door. He hesitated as he placed his hand on the doorknob. As he pushed open the door, he heard a string of curses come from Lady Jaye's mouth. The woman had a mouth like a damn sailor.
Lady Jaye placed the last card on top of the house. Finally! She'd completed the house of cards! Woohoo! She moved carefully away from the table and was about to call Scarlett to come see, when the door opened. The resultant gust of air sent the cards flying in all directions. Lady Jaye whipped around and let loose with a string of curses.
Scarlett had just finished dressing when she heard lady Jaye begin to curse. Someone really should speak to her about her mouth. She was saying every wordy dird in the book, and a few that weren't. She opened her door and walked into the living room.
"Has anyone ever told you, you have a potty mouth?" she asked as she entered the living room.
She stopped short when she saw Hawk standing in the middle of the room.
"Glad you're here sir," Scarlett walked over and grabbed her keys from the table, "Jaye and I were afraid we'd miss lunch. And you know how she loves Roadblock's sloppy joes"
Ignoring the look of wonder on Hawk's face she turned to Jaye and asked, "You ready to go? I , for one am starving."
"I'm ready if you're ready," Jaye replied.
Both women stood and looked expectantly at Hawk when he made no move and continued to stare.
"Um Sir?"
"What?" Hawk snapped out of his apparent daze.
"You're blocking the door," Scarlett smiled.
"Oh...sorry," he said as he moved to let them pass.
As the women made their way through the crowd, Jaye stopped. Scarlett realizing she was no longer behind her turned and looked at her expectantly. Jaye turned around and looked for a face in the crowd. When she spotted Duke, she turned and crooked her eyebrow at Scarlett.
Scarlett held her steady gaze.
"I could always ask him, you know," Lady Jaye gave her a wicked smile.
"Yes, you could, but then I'd have to tell him," Scarlett gestured to where Flint was standing.
Ok, so Scarlett won this round. As the two women continued down the hall, Breaker nudged Ace and asked, "What the hell just happened here?"
Ace, who was still counting his money, answered, "Man, I couldn't care less."
As they rounded the corner, Lady Jaye stopped Scarlett with a hand on her arm, "You wouldn't really say anything to Flint, would you?"
Scarlett turned to face her, "No, of course not. So long as you wouldn't bother Duke with such a silly question."
"Nah, I was just joking. Come on Red, let's go get some food."
"Yeah, because I'm tired of your cooking," Scarlett joked.
As the two friends continued, neither one realized the other had had her fingers crossed behind her back.
But that, is a whole other story...
TBC ???