Extraits

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, boy. Now shut it and say hello to my company. Ella, this is Gage; Gage, this is Ella. Ella is my volunteer in this hell hole,” he beams with a wave of his hand in my direction. Gage. Ugh, why couldn’t he have been named Steve or something less sexy?

“Uhm..” I choke out. Okaaaay then, dry mouth it is. I have to peel my tongue off of the roof of my mouth. I clear my throat and tried again. “Hi, yeah, what Benny said. Nice to meet you.” I take a few steps forward and extend my hand.

He stares at me for a few moments and then looks down at the hand like it was some profound question or maybe the answer to the universe. Then he grabs it quickly and gives me a tight squeeze before releasing it and stepping around me to go towards Benny. Okay then. Hello to you too, asshole. Hot and angry, it seems.