Surge - Maya Nicole Page 0,41

me with anything less than respect.

Now, I was in bed with the enemy.

I checked my phone for messages to find none. In two days, my mom should be home, and if she wasn't... I tried not to think of it.

I slid out of bed and went to the bathroom before wandering into the hall. I could hear the television downstairs and hushed voices. The smell of food made my stomach grumble, and I took a calm breath and went to face the music.

Last night they were too nice to me since I had scared myself half to death. Today, I probably wouldn't be so lucky.

"We have to tell him-" Blake's voice cut off abruptly when I got to the bottom of the stairs. "Good morning."

I gave him a small smile and approached with caution. Blake was cooking at the stove, Morgan was sipping coffee, and Jax was sitting on the couch.

"You eat meat, right?" He flipped bacon and didn't flinch as it popped.

"Yes." I stood next to the island. "You know you can cook bacon in the oven and it won't pop you? If you line the baking sheet with foil, it's super easy to clean up."

Blake looked over his shoulder at me. "It doesn't taste the same."

"Do you want coffee?" Morgan took another drink. "I make a mean cup of espresso if you're into that."

"No, thanks." I looked over my shoulder at Jax who was glued to the television and I could see why. It was about the oil spill.

Out of the three of them, Jax was the most confusing. They all had a bad side to them, but Jax was the worst and was the most at odds with it. He had bigger mood swings than a pregnant woman.

I moved to the couch and sat down a seat away from him. He was in a pair of basketball shorts, similar to the pair he had on the night before, and no shirt. Even sitting he didn't seem to have an ounce of fat on him.

None of them appeared to have any body hair either, besides the hair on their heads. Jax and Blake both wore theirs shaved close to their scalps, while Morgan kept his short on the sides and longer on top.

"As you can see behind me, efforts are underway to save a pod of dolphins that swam through an uncontained patch of oil. Great progress has been made containing and eliminating the patches, but with such a wide area being affected, there are bound to be scenes just like this for months and possibly years to come."

The image cut from the reporter standing in front of a facility, to a group of men and women in the water with a pod of dolphins. The dolphins' eyes looked pained as they were cared for by the rescue workers.

Jax sniffled a few times and I peeked over at him. Tears ran down his face. My heart clenched and I scooted next to him, taking his hand in mine. There was a fifty-fifty chance he'd react negatively.

"Your father did this." His voice was flat and I gulped the sudden emotion that welled up inside my throat. "He knew it wasn't safe to put an oil platform in that location and did it anyway. He went against protestors and used his money to get past the red tape."

I put my head against his shoulder and watched as the news showed oil being burned on the surface of the water. They were trying multiple ways to get rid of the oil, but with constantly moving water, the weather, and the sheer volume of the oil spill, it was difficult.

"I don't know my father." I whispered. "He hasn't responded to my emails or my calls. I don't know what else you want me to do."

"Try harder." He let go of my hand and stood, the switch being flipped and the glare back. He swiped at his cheeks. "I'm taking you home."

"Let's eat breakfast first." Morgan gave Jax a warning look.

Jax sat back down as I stood, crossing his arms. "I've suddenly lost my appetite."

"Awesome. More for us." Blake set a tray on the dining room table that was right next to the floor to ceiling windows. "Let's eat."

I looked down at Jax and then went and sat at the table. Blake had made scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, and cut fruit.

"This is a nice spread." I served myself and looked out the big windows that look out to the ocean. "Aren't you scared

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