He barked. Dude obviously woke up on the wrong side of the bed. “No way DeNiro. We ’re looking at porn.” I joked. But Uncle Mace didn’t think it was funny. He paused and just glared at me. “Uncle, I’m just kidding. Marcus uploaded the pictures of the house on Cottonwood. Uncle Mike just sent them to your email.” Uncle Mike had changed the iPad screen to work stuff. “What is taking so long? I thought you only had to put the roof up.” Uncle Mason yapped. “It’s happening as we speak. Marcus said it would be finished by today or tomorrow the latest.” I offered. Uncle nodded and took a few steps toward the back room. “Uncle Mason, are you okay?” I don’t know why I asked I knew he wasn’t. “What?’ He barked . Mike didn’t bother to join the conversation or even look at his brother. “You seem a little on edge.” “Mind your own fucking business. Get your ass over to Cottonwood.” “Uncle, why you gotta be such a friggin’ stronzo to me. I’m your favorite nephew.” “Fuck you. Do your job.” Uncle Mason dashed off to the backroom. Mike and I went back to our internet poker game. It wasn’t quiet for long. While we were engrossed in the game we heard shouting coming from the back room. Clearly Uncle Mason hadn’t shut the door. All we could make out was Uncle yelling. “Come here! Now!” … “Kari Lynn, fucking Fenderson, I swear to fucking Christ you better get your ass over here right now!” He’s pissed. “What the fuck was that all about?” Mike said out loud but wasn’t really asking me although I knew what was up. “Uncle and I went to Bar Louie last night and we ran into Kari and this other guy. They were all warm a cozy.” “Jack.” Uncle knew the dude. “I couldn’t believe my friggin’ eyes when we rolled up on her and her boyfriend.” Mike was listening intently. “I’m thinking we’re gonna cruise on by but her friggin’ boyfriend stops us and starts yapping. I thought Uncle was gonna clock him but he played it real cool. He was like friggin’ DeNiro. He was cold stone chilling when that motherfucker was talkin’ shit.” “That’s great RJ. I’m glad you got a kick out of Mason’s soap opera life. I for one am tired of it.” “You think Kari is going to come here after Uncle yelled at her?” I was curious. Maybe Uncle Mike knew all about their affair and this other guy named Jack. “A normal woman wouldn’t but Kari and Mason are not normal. She calls, he comes. He calls, she comes.” “I heard her come.” I couldn’t hold in my laugh. “She’s a screamer.” “Stay away from Kari. I don’t want you to end up in Lake Michigan swimming with the fishes.” Uncle Mike joked. I stopped laughing and noticed Uncle Mason leering at us . “Uncle Mason, you okay? You were kind of loud in there.” I asked trying to hold in my snicker. This old people drama is funny as shit. Damn, Uncle is really pissed. He didn’t say anything to me he just sauntered off and into the backroom. This time he closed the door behind him. It only took a few minutes for Hurricane Kari to come storming into the office. She blew pass us without a glance. She was ghost and I couldn’t help but to have my mouth wide open. Of course we could hear a few muffled sounds coming for the backroom but we couldn’t make out any real words. Everything got quiet after a while and there were no gunshots or crashing noises so I figured they made up. The work day went fairly fast and Kari never came out the backroom. I left the office before she did. Those two were a strange duo. The weird thing is I think Uncle Mason may really, truly, deeply love Kari. I have had feelings for girls but love… never.
CHAPTER 5
I had another date with Deja. The more we went out the more she became comfortable with me. I hoped she didn’t bring up her virginity. It was nice being with her without that invisible pressure. I wanted her. I really wanted to