The before problem?Oh, that's right. I'd ruined their "before" footage by working on the yard.
Waverly said, "You mean her screw-up?"
I turned to glare at her. "Hey! Maybe I wouldn't've 'screwed up' if someone had told me not to mow it."
With a nasty smirk, she shot back, "We shouldn'thaveto tell you. Let's get real here. It's not exactly natural to go around mowing lawns that aren't your own."
On this, she might've had a point. But I was in no mood to be reasonable. I plastered on a smirk of my own. "Yeah. And it's not exactly 'natural' to shove a mower up someone's ass. But hey, I'm game if you are."
She drew back. "What's wrong with you, anyway?"
It was a good question.This wasn't me.I mean, yeah, I didn't like Waverly, and she'd been on my case from the get-go. But who was I kidding? I'd never shove a mower up anyone's ass.
As if the stupid thing would fit anyway.
I was just debating an apology when I happened to look to Roy.
Son-of-a-bitch.
He was filming me.
Again.
Already, it was like a nightmare that wouldn't end.
And later on that night, after a full day in front of Roy's persistent camera, the "fun" only continued.
Chapter 26
Arden
At the crew house, Waverly was standing just inside the front door, surrounded by at least a dozen suitcases. She looked to me and demanded, "Where's Brody?"
I was still marveling at the number of cases. Were theyallhers? Theymustbe, because they'd arrived at the same time she had.
And yet, she hadn't lugged in a single one herself. Instead, she'd left that dubious honor to Jerry, who'd had to make five trips out from the SUV.
Turns out, Jerry hadn't been kidding about that whole "gopher" description.
Now, unlike Waverly, he was gone, along with the SUV, which made me wonder what exactly Waverly would be doing for transportation.
The same thing as myself?
After all,Ididn't have a car either, and IguessI was doing alright.For now, anyway.
Waverly sidestepped the largest suitcase and moved deeper into the living room. She glanced around and grimaced, as if the place wasn't living up to her lofty expectations.
Personally, I didn't see it that way. The house was nice. It was clean and furnished, with a modern kitchen and at least two decent bathrooms. When it came tobedrooms, I still knew very little, because I hadn't explored beyond my own room and the general living area.
Still, everything Ihadseen would've made me delighted to be staying here, if only my future roommates weren't two of the most unpleasant people I'd ever met.
"Well?" Waverly said. "Where is he?"
I shrugged. "I have no idea."
It was true. I hadn't seen Brody all day, not since that incident in the attic. But of course, I'd been far too busy to see much of anything.
Under Roy's direction, I'd finished mowing the lawn while he'd filmed my activity from several different vantage points.
