“Looking forward to the roast?”
“Hell yeah.”
“Good boy.” She pats his cheek. “I made you some Anzac biscuits, too.”
“You’re a legend, Agg.” Davis clears his throat and glances a foot above my head. “Hey, boss. How are ya?”
Mortification licks at me as I remember the horrified look on his face when he thoughtI was masturbating to pictures of Will.
“Good,” I mutter, picking up a tea towel and scrubbing an already clean glass.No water spots on this one, no siree.
Ada lets out a sudden scream.
I almost drop the glass. “Are you hurt?”
“Jake followed me!” She brandishes her phone at me like it’s a live snake.
“Ada…” I exhale like a deflating balloon. “I thought something real happened.”
“Something realdidhappen. Way too real.” Ada frowns at her phone. “Do you think it’s a scam? I hope it’s a scam. It’s too sad otherwise. Did he add you, as well?”
I pull my phone out and check it. “Yeah. Me and the bar. It must be real.”
“Who’s this Jake?” Aggie demands.
“Some drunk tool,” Ada says, tossing her phone aside.
“He is not!” I say. “He’s an All Black, and we went to school with him, and he’s really nice!”
“Whatever,” Ada says, returning to her notepad. “He’s blocked now.”
Aggie cackles. “Atta girl. Wait, did you sayAll Black?”
“Yeah, Jake Graves-Holland,” I say, beyond exasperated. “Only Ada would act like he’s some kind of bum.”
Aggie looks starstruck. No, she looks like she’s about to genuflect in front of Ada. “You bagged Jake Graves-Holland?”
Ada gives a slow blink.
“How… How was it?” Aggie asks, unknowingly echoing me.
“I’ve had better.”
Aggie cackles even harder, but Davis picks up the sceptic mantle.
“You went home with the All Black?” he asks as though Ada just declared she’s a unicorn.
“Apparently.”
“Fuck off, you did.”
Ada flashes him a big smile. “I heard you almost punched him in the face, so it was a big night for all of us.”
“Jesus,” Davis says with a trace of admiration.
Ada rolls her eyes. “I keep telling you people, I almost hooked up with Viggo Mortensen. I slipped the surly bonds of Earth and saw the face of God, and I now hold all mortal men to a lesser standard.”
Davis shakes his head. “Absolute demon.”
