Elle Jones

Chapter 8: No Honor Among A Thief

Minutes after the terrible funeral was over, Kristy and Austin had found me waiting in the back seat of a red SUV.

My hair slithered down my back, my dark hazel eyes stared at the clear driver windshield, and my skin became pale as a block of ice. A thin, black strap of my purse hung stiffly over my right shoulder.

Despite the incident, Austin was relieved to see me safe and sound, while his mom, however, was pissed as fuck.

Her arms were crossed, her beady eyes stare at my head, and her lips formed into a menacing frown.

"Jack, what just happened back there?" she asked in a stern, yet motherly tone.

I turn my head to look at her, then simply shrugged.

"I thought that dick deserves it," I explain frankly.

"Jack," she sighed, "what you did was admirable, but those people-"

"I don't care what those rich bastards think of me, " I say angrily. "The next time someone blurts out a fucked up idea, people should speak up, and care about others instead of their shitty mansions."

Kristy studied my face for a moment.

"What has gotten into you?" she asked. "As much as I agree with you, you can't just humiliate Warren in front of his relatives."

"But Mom, that asswipe deserved it." laughed Austin, sitting right beside me. "Jack was badass."

"No, she isn't." Kristy insisted. "Jack is being disrespectful."

"But Kristy-" I started to say, but Austin's mom silenced me.

"You are going to go back there and apologize to Warren," she demanded.

Austin became surprised.

"What?" he cried. "But Jack didn't do anything. She told them the truth-"

"She humiliated him in a funeral." corrected Kristy.

Abandoning my car seat, I let out a disgruntled sigh.

Again with the third person pronouns? I think, staring at Austin and his mom quarreling in front of me.

Do they not know that I am sitting right here?

A part of me wished that they would just look at me, but the other wanted me to say something. 

"Look it's fine, Austin," I say in a reassured tone. "I am going to apologize. Can you two wait for me in the car?"

He and Kristy nodded very silently, squeezing themselves onto the car seats.

"I saw Warren walking to his car earlier, " began Kristy. "Make sure you go over there and give him an apology."

Angry, Austin tries to cover for me.

"Mom, " he groaned. "do you actually think that Warren cares about his grandmother?"

"You heard it yourself, Warren was going to throw her ashes in some expensive well."

Kristy glares at his unflinching face.

"Yes, " she replied coldly. "he loves her very much and would do anything to protect her."

"Especially planning to tear down a park?" Austin barked snidely. "You and I both know that's bullshit."

When Kristy didn't answer, I let out a low sigh.

As much as I despise Warren, I felt bad for embarrassing Austin's mom; she took me to say goodbye to my favorite idol, and I fucked it up for her.