Had that been a setup, too?
From inside the stall, the guy was saying, "You can't drag me out."
Flynn crossed his arms. "Yeah? Why not?"
"You just can't."
Next to me, the redhead snickered. "Even Lord Avery had a better comeback thanthat."
I whirled to face her and said, "Will youpleaseforget Lord Avery?"
By now, it wasn't just the five of us in the restroom. Over the last few moments, at least a dozen people had crammed themselves in, looking to see what was going on.
In my best official voice, I called out, "All right everyone, you can leave now. The show's over."
The redhead scoffed, "It is not."
Turns out, she was right. The words had barely left her lips when Flynn kicked in the stall door, sending its lock mechanism skittering across the tile. With both hands, he reached into the stall and – yup, sure enough – dragged out Ronnie, camera and all.
Ronnie wasn't filming anymore, but that hardly mattered. Around me, at least ten people – womenandmen – were holding out their cell phones, recording the whole sordid scene.
My heart was hammering, and my palms were sweaty. I yelled, "Will youpleasestop?"
I didn't even know who I was yelling at.
Flynn?
The people with their phones?
The camera guy, who was babbling like an idiot?
But it didn't matter. Everyone was ignoring me anyway.
Well, this was just great.
I watched in stunned silence as Flynn slammed Ronnie up against the nearby wall. He leaned in close, and in a voice filled with menace, said, "If youeverfollow her into a restroom again, that camera of yours? It's getting shoved up your ass."
I blinked.Her?
Did he mean me?
Oh, crap. He probably did.
In quick succession, a wave of conflicting emotions washed over me – surprise, confusion, and finally embarrassment when I realized that thishadto be just an act.
Ronnie was still babbling, "I wasn't following her. I just took a wrong turn, that's all."
Flynn replied, "Yeah? If you do it again, I've got a suggestion."
Ronnie gave a hard swallow. "What?"
Flynn smiled that deadly smile of his. "Get a smaller camera."
Around us, the whole bathroom erupted in laughter and applause.
Oh, for God's sake.
I was so flustered, it took me a moment to get the joke, assuming Flynnwasjoking.I mean, he wouldn’t really shove a camera up someone's ass, would he?
