“Oh. My. God! She goes to the same doctor as me,” I said looking atat Amanda’s shocked face.
“No way, Ari. No freakin’ way. When is her next appointment?”
“Almost two weeks. This is perfect. I know exactly what we have to do. ”
“Oh dear god. Do I even want to know, Ari?”
Smiling at Amanda, I handed her the phone. The next thing on my list was to make that appointment I kept putting off with Dr. Wyatt.
“And how do you purpose I give her back the phone?”
“Just simply say that you picked it up by accident. ”
The waiter came with our bill, and I paid in cash, telling him to keep the change. Amanda got up and walked back outside. I stood over by the door and watched. Rebecca looked pissed off when Amanda handed over her phone. I had to let out a laugh when Amanda just shrugged her shoulders before she turned to walk away.
Rebecca’s eyes followed Amanda as she headed straight toward me. Immediately, Rebecca spotted me, and I did the only thing that came to my mind. I took off my hat, let my hair fall down, and I held up a middle finger. I smiled sweetly at the bitch before turning around to leave.
By the time I made it out to the parking lot, Amanda had caught up to me. I knew we only had a few minutes before Jeff would be coming after me. I had no doubt in my mind that Rebecca would tell him I was there.
“Ari! Jeff yelled.
Yep, stupid bitch is playing right into my hands. I turned around and smiled as Jeff jogged up to me.
“What in the hell are you doing here, Ari?”
“I was having lunch,” I said as giving him an innocent smile.
Jeff looked over at Amanda and then back at me.
“Oh my god. Y’all took her phone on purpose, didn’t you? What’s your game, Ari?”
What? He did not just say that to me.
“What’s my game, Jeff? My game? What’s yours? For someone who can’t stand that girl, you two sure did have a nice little lunch. You were all laughing and smiling and touchin’ on her stomach. Did you enjoy yourself, dickwad?”
“Ari, I can’t believe you were spying on me, and the worst of it is that you might have made Rebecca upset. ”
“Holy hell,” Amanda said as she took two steps away from Jeff.
“I might have made Rebecca upset? Are you kidding me, Jeff? You’re an asshole. ” Turning away from him, I started to walk off.
He reached for my arm and spun me around.
“That’s not what I meant, Ari. It’s just that she said she can’t get upset. It’ssomething about being at high risk for going into labor early. That’s why I was trying to be nice and not jump down her throat. Listen, can we just talk about this later when I get back home?”
I could not believe how fucking stupid he was. She couldn’t get upset. Lying bitch. She was setting the whole thing up, so she could have the baby early.
“Let go of me, you stupid fucking-twatwaffling dickwad. ”
“Ari, please wait. ”
I jerked my arm out from his. I couldn’t believe how stupid he was being. “You know what, Jeff? You can believe whatever that lying bitch wants to tell you. I thought that you were smarter than that. Did you ever think that she came up with whole “high risk” bullshit so that you would play nice with her? Why don’t you ask to go to her next doctor’s appointment with her? How about that? Now that Daddy is in the picture, I’m sure she wants you to go to all the appointments with her. ”
I was so upset that I started shaking.
Amanda walked up and took my hand in hers. As she glared at Jeff, she said, “Really, Jeff, I can’t even believe you. Let’s go, Ari. ”
“Ari, please wait, baby. ”