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“No, it’s Tricia behaving like a crazy bag lady, as usual,” Billie chided, glancing at Tricia who shrugged.
“So, you’re a bag lady?” James asked, his face and voice tone perfectly serious, and I’d forgotten how quick he was at regaining control of situations in conversation.
“Only on Mondays and Thursdays, Wednesdays I work at the Food Bank and the rest of the week I work with Billie.” Both James and I chuckled at her equally quick comeback.
James shook his head, but I could see his head was turned by her. “I like you,” he admitted, deadpan.
“Well, the jury is still out from the judge’s bench on my end,” Tricia warned. “But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to impress me. I can make my own mind up, and I’ve met enough shady fuckers in my life already.”
The smile James wore immediately froze. For a moment, I was a little taken back by Tricia’s pointed comment, but I knew it had been said with the best of intentions. Billie obviously hadn’t brought her up to speed on the latest version of events.
When the doorbell rang again, Lorna and Hammer arrived together, and it appeared Lorna had spoken to Hammer and arranged to pick him up from Billie’s old address. Until then I hadn’t known they communicated independently of me.
Finally, Colby settled in bed and everyone sat around the dining table drinking coffee and eating cake Billie had brought home. Taking her laptop out, she began taking notes, with the input from everyone else, to organize our wedding day.
