My body locked when he said my name but my eyeballs swiveled to Naomi who was shockingly completely immune to the scary vibes sparking menacingly in the room.
“I’ll talk to your latest piece of ass however the f**k I want, dickhead.”
At that, Tack moved and I could swear I was watching but he went so fast, I wasn’t certain what I saw. One second they were facing off, the next the bright Denver sunshine came in through the door and the next that door was closed and both Tack and Naomi were on the other side of it.
Even so, I heard their continued conversation starting with Tack warning, “Do not test me.”
“Fuck you,” was Naomi’s rejoinder.
“You came here to say somethin’, say it and get the f**k gone.”
“Kiss my ass!”
“Fuckin’ hell. Clue in, bitch, I’m done with this shit. I was done with it years ago. You got two seconds to say what you gotta say then I’m walkin’ away.” There was silence for two seconds then Tack again, “I’m walkin’ away.”
That was when Naomi said quickly, “I want her job.”
My eyes locked on the door.
Ohmigod, she wanted my job. Holy crap!
“Say again?” Tack demanded as I aimed my behind to the chair and sat in it.
“I got canned from my other job. Pipe’s outta work. I need to get somethin’ quick-like. I heard Eloise was leavin’ and I want her job.”
“Position’s filled, Naomi, and even if it wasn’t, no way your ass would be in Tyra’s chair.”
“I did that job for twelve years, Tack, no one knows it better than me,” she stated, giving me history that made me bite my lip.
“I’ll repeat, position’s filled,” Tack returned.
“Then unfill it,” she shot back. “You want your kids fed, you’ll sort shit out.”
“You got money problems, woman, Rush and Tabby got rooms at my house and I got food in the cupboards. They’re more than welcome to move in with me.”
“The kids aren’t movin’ in with you.”
“They are, you can’t feed ‘em, Pipe don’t get off his fat ass and you don’t stop actin’ like a bitch and gettin’ your ass fired from job after job.”
“It wasn’t my fault!” she snapped.
“In your twisted head, it’s never your fault but it always is.”
“I came here askin’ for help and this is what I get,” she returned.
“You came here and started shoutin’, like usual, actin’ like a bitch, like usual, so yeah, this is what you get,” Tack replied.
“You know I can do that job and you also know I won’t suck your c**k as part of my job description like Tyra in there will so you’re bein’ a dick even when it’s your kids who’ll suffer.”
“Naomi, I asked you to suck my cock, you’d have your mouth wrapped around it so fast, you’d break the sound barrier.”
“As usual, right up your own ass, Tack.”
“Jesus, honest to God, seriously? You need a favor, you drive here and give me shit and think you’re gonna get it? What’s the matter with you?”
“It took a lot for me to come here, Tack. And I walk into my office and have a flashback seein’ as you like to play around, you always liked to play around and you’re still f**kin’ playin’ around!”
Oh boy.