Page 52 of Stanton Unconditional

“Fucking Max. I swear to God I am going to…”

“Stop it. You’re being crazy. This is Natasha. You know she’s not like that,” Adrian comforts.

“I know exactly what’s in that fucker’s head,” I growl. “Bullshit,” he snaps. Their car pulls out and the two other

cars of guards pull out after them. My heart rate speeds with anger. “See, she’s gone again, and I could do nothing but sit in this car and watch her go.” I punch the steering wheel hard. Adrian jumps in his seat.

“Be careful. This is a bloody rental car you know.”

“Shut up,” I snap.

We sit in silence for another ten minutes and Cameron exits, walks over to the car and gets into the back seat. My eyes meet his in the rear-view mirror.

“Sorry, mate, it didn’t go well,” he whispers. I drop my head into my hands. He passes his phone through the seat to Adrian. “I taped it.”

“Huh.”

“I taped the conversation on my phone. I had it sitting on the table in front of us.”

“Oh yes,” Adrian snaps. “Inspector Gadget strikes back.” He quickly scrolls through the phone and plays back the conversation.

“Hi,” Natasha whispers. “We’ve ordered for you.” “Thanks, can we have cake?”

My eyes meet Cameron’s again in the mirror and he links his hands on top of his head as he listens.

“This is good shit Cam.” Adrian smiles as he bites his lip. “Umm, yeah. Cameron is just getting us some.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Natasha snaps

“Tash, Cameron is our friend too. He’s done nothing wrong. Why can’t you talk to him?”

“You two are totally fucked. How dare you ask him here without telling me? What, is Joshua hiding in the toilet?”

“That’s a good idea. You so should have hidden in the toilet,” Adrian whispers as he raises his eyebrows.

“Sshh,” I snap. “I can’t fucking hear.”

“No, he wouldn’t come. We asked him.”

“God, I’m off you two. You’re unbelievable,” Natasha whispers angrily.

“Tash.” Cameron’s voice replays. “Thank you,” she whispers.

“So when are you going back to LA, Cam?” Abbie asks.

“Sunday, I go back to work on Monday,” he answers flatly. “How are you Natasha?” Cameron asks.

“I’ve been better. Where is Adrian?” she asks.

“Back in the hotel with Joshua.”

“Did Nicholas Anastas ever ring him? He hassled me for his number and I never heard anything.”

Adrian punches me at the mention of Nicholas’s name. “Shut. Up.” I snap. “I can’t hear a thing.”

“Yeah, he came over for dinner at Joshua’s last week.”

“Oh my God, really. How did it go?” she replies.