He looked up at me. “I really like Kennedy.”
What did that have to do with the game?
“Hush, child,” Tanner said and put his finger against Nigel’s lips. “You don’t mean that.”
“Yes I do,” Nigel said. “I think she’s very nice. She let me sit with her and the other boys at dinner last night.”
That was a really weird way to put that.
“Nigel, you little traitor,” Tanner said. “You go get in the Uber.”
“No.” Nigel folded his arms in front of his chest.
“Right now, houseboy,” Tanner said and pointed to the door.
Nigel sighed again.
“If you don’t go right now, I’ll call your contractor and tell him you don’t need him for your project.”
Nigel’s eyes grew round. “Okay, I’ll go. I need my contractor.”
“What are you building?” I asked.
“It’s more of a renovation,” Nigel said. “I told you about it yesterday. You said we were friends and that I should go forward with the project.”
I did remember him saying something weird like that. But I still had no idea what he was talking about.
“I’ll see you for the big game,” Nigel said. “Hut, hut,” he slapped my butt and ran off before I could yell at him.
“What the hell was that?” Mason asked.
Tanner shook his head. “He’s been out of control recently. Matt’s been a bad influence on him.”
“You think I’m making him act like that?”
“He never acted like that before you moved in. I don’t know what the two of you have been up to, but he barely works at all anymore.”
“That is definitely not my fault,” I said.
Tanner shrugged. “It’s fine. It’s nice for him to have another friend. Mason, we should be going. We don’t want the Uber to be expensive for you.” Then he turned to me. “See you at home,” he said and started walking toward the exit.
“See you tomorrow,” Mason said. “Should be an exciting day.” He slapped me on the back and hurried to catch up to Tanner. I could hear them arguing on the way out.
“Why am I paying for the Uber?” Mason asked. “You ordered it.”
“Why would I pay? You made me rush all the way down here because you have a big mouth.”
“Well maybe you should have fucking told me all this when you found out.”
“I’ve been a little busy trying to fix everything,” Tanner said.
And then the door closed behind them.
Okay, they definitely weren’t sick. But they were up to no good. All three of them.
Homecoming - Chapter 32
Friday
