Chapter 4

David knew that look; he was in deep shit; from both of them. Jon shoved him again. Well fuck he couldn’t help it. He’d dialled Em’s number before he could think, when he’d seen the door slammed in Richie’s face. They’d heard the slam from down the driveway.

‘Well, well, well the three stooges!’ Emma let her self go, ‘What the fuck were you thinking? Seriously, did you think?’ She waved her hand in front of the guys’ faces. ‘Oh from the look of it you weren’t bloody thinking!’ She whirled to David; he flinched as she pulled back and thumped him straight in the arm, deadening it. She always managed to hit the right place. He said nothing; he didn’t have a death wish!

‘You shit! After all these years have you learned nothing about me?? Well? Springing someone on my doorstep, have you finally lost you mind in all those curls?’ She smacked him upside his head, ‘Yup there’s the hollow sound.’ Jon and Tico snickered.

‘And don’t you two think you’re getting away scott free!’ She flicked them both on the forehead, making them yelp. ‘You two should have known better! He’s the resident idiot! Christ Bongiovi, Torres why the hell didn’t you veto this plan of his?’ She looked, waiting for an answer.

Richie was dying. If he had to hold the laughter in much longer he’d be a goner. She was a sight to behold. He watched David surreptitiously try to move his arm, damn she’d hit him good. Now he watched Jon and Teek squirm like teenagers in front of their moms. Lord he wished he’d got a video camera.

‘Darl …………’ was all that Jon got out.

‘Don’t you darlin me asshole! He’s been bitching at me for months to meet Richie, and so have you. You’re supposed to be the damn brains of the operation! And you let the lunatic lead. Well hell, let’s go further shall we, let’s put him up for governor!’

Richie had never seen Jon so subdued. Tico wouldn’t even look at her. He coughed to cover his bark of laughter. David gave him a pleading look. Aw fuck! No he didn’t want to rescue them, he was having fun.

‘So you thought it’d be funny to send this poor innocent man.’ Emma nearly choked on that bit. ‘Here, not knowing you’d follow him, and behave like juvenile delinquents. You should all be ashamed of yourselves!’ All three stood chastised. ‘Now bugger off home before I really loose my temper!’

They whispered sorry to Emma and Richie, who tried to look pissed, but didn’t really pull it off. Quickly, before she went off again, they slunk off back to the car.