Passing Through

Chapter 10: What's Love Got To Do With It?

September 30th, 2017

Readers POV

"So... he allowed you to man the bar while he plays criminal with his brother?" Maya says with a skeptical tone while babysitting the beer in front of her. "And you not gonna take a little bit off the top for us... I mean you."

"No, why do you think that someone trusting you should always be taken advantage of?" You say as you lift your arms in the air in annoyance. It's the first day since you have taken charge of Clyde's bar, and you felt like so far you were doing an ok job at managing it. The only unfortunate thing was that since Clyde was gone, you no longer had the capabilities to pick songs, so you were left with Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn.

"Cause he barely knows you and yet still trusted you with his main source of income, why?"

You just giggle to yourself while drying glasses. "Maybe he smells the similarity of our criminal past, birds of a feather flock together." You say jokingly but still wanted to hide that it had some truth to it as well. Ever since you found out that Clyde had a past, you wanted to be honest with him about yours but you also know if it was just you it would be easier to make that decision, but it wasn't, your friends who were like family to you were involved and that made it more complicated.

"So, about that..." Sam chimed in sitting down next to Maya and having a rum and coke instead of a beer. "Now that we know of Clyde's and possibly the Logans in general's history, what's the excuse now on why we can't be honest with them..." Sam eyes you and then Maya. "Cause last time we had this conversation you thought they would judge us... they wouldn't understand... we leave this place in handcuffs"

You and Maya sit there shocked, you knew that Sam could have opinions on certain things, but she was a more go with the flow kind then anyone in the group. Beside the fact that you were secretly glad she brought it up to see how Maya would react to it, you were also very curious about why this topic was so important to her.

"Cause we stole a car and at any minute we can have an officer come in here and ask us why we are driving a stolen car, the less people know the better." Maya said but then paused looking at Sam who was looking down. "You haven't told anyone, have you?"

Sam snapped her head up and hissed out. "What... of course not, I know how little y'all think of my intelligence, but I would never put this group in danger, never." The last never was sharp like she was trying to put a verbal exclamation on it. You notice her face relax and soften again. "I just really like Mellie; she feels like someone who wouldn't judge us... she actually reminds me of Lexi."

"Ok one, we know your smart Sam..." Sam gives a side glance towards you and a silently nod knowing that you didn't actually think she wasn't smart. "Second, I like Mellie too, but Maya has a point, not letting them know means they can't be charged for obstruction if it all goes to hell."

"Besides everything here is temporary." Maya said assuredly. You were so use to New York never being brought up that it almost shocked you to be reminded that before this, the plan was a new life in New York. In by new life, Maya actually meant a friend who steals identities and scams people.

The room got silent cause everyone had to be reminded that this life in Madison was not the plan. Silence broke when James came out of the bathroom with a full face of makeup and his diner outfit looking a lot more 'James' with glitter hints of velvet fabrics intertwine into the top. "Holy shit, I'm gonna shine in New York." Singing New York in the same tune as 'Empire State Of Mind.' He notices the looks on all your faces and feels the tension. "What's wrong, what happen?"