“Sorry, Lois,” one of them apologizes. “The truth is I don’t care what horrible things come out of that mouth. Just look at those beautiful full lips!” She turns back to me. “Say ‘Prudence’ for me, will you? I want to hear you say it—”
“Oh, hell no,” Lois hisses, wagging a finger at me. “I changed my mind, you can go. I won’t be needing your services after all.”
“I will,” Prudence purrs.
It’s starting to make sense now.Light bulb moment!
“These your water aerobics girls?” I shove my hands deeper into my pockets.
“Ladies, it’s a pleasure meeting Lois’s new friends,” Donovan says.
“The poor girl needed to get out and meet new people,” Lewis adds.
“Care to tell me what the hell you’re all doing here, by the way?”Lois snipes, taking a step toward them. “I ordered a driver, not a convoy.”
“Oh, come on!” Donovan throws his hands up. “We’re Super Friends!”
“Super close, even,” Lewis chimes in with a smirk.
“I don’t think so.”
“Would you look at those blond locks,” Hope croons to Lewis.
Lois slams her cheeks with her hands. She’s reaching boiling point, and I’m so glad I accepted this job.
“Go home, you two!” she orders the twins.
“May we avail of your services, too?”
“Hope, that’s enough!”
Adam smiles. “We only drive SHU students.”
“But friends of Lois’s are friends of ours.” Donovan flashes them a winning smile. “I should be able to get you some fake student IDs.”
“You absolute treasure!”
“This is not happening…” Lois scowls.
“See you next Tuesday, kitten?”
“See you next Tuesday,” Lois sighs, resigned.
One of the guys lets out a mewling sound.
I wave goodbye to my fan club of two and look around for Lois. I spot her striding ahead of me, halfway down the sidewalk.
“What are you doing, Heartbreak?”
She flips me the finger. “Jet Skiing! What does it look like?”
One by one, my buddies kiss Hope’s and Prudence’s wrinkled cheeks before tumbling into my back seat. I slide back behind the wheel, laughing to myself as I rev the engine, and it doesn’t take us long to catch up with Lois.
I lean across the passenger seat. “Get in.”
She carries on walking.
“You’re going to have to pay for the ride, you know. Even if you walk. We’ll be following you all the way to the apartment, so you might as well quit the sulking.”
