“Vance and Jules broke up,” Daisy put in.
Tex made a noise that sounded like “puh” then he said, “That’ll last, like, a minute.”
“She broke up with him two days ago. They’re over,” Daisy shared.
Tex’s big head swung to me. “Over?” he asked, like the concept of two people ending a relationship was foreign to him.
I nodded.
“Shee-it,” he muttered.
There came another knock on my door.
“What now?” I mumbled as I walked to it and opened it.
“Fuck,” Roam said, standing outside next to Sniff. They were both staring at me.
“Don’t say f**k,” I told him. “What are you doing here? You okay?”
“Yeah, what’s on your face?” Sniff asked.
“A facemask,” I answered.
Both of them kept staring at me. I knew it hurt my street cred, The Law walking around in a facemask.
“It’s important to take care of your skin,” I defended myself.
They blinked.
“Crowe around?” Roam asked, the first to get over the severe blow to my reputation, he was looking passed me.
“They f**kin’ broke up,” Tex boomed from the chaise.
Roam and Sniff stared at me again. Sniff looked disappointed. Roam’s face went hard. I knew what he was thinking.
“Roam, it isn’t…” I started.
“Get in here boys, we’re orderin’ pizza,” Daisy called over me.
“We are?” I asked when I’d turned to Daisy.
“Sure. Pizza, football and facials. What else do you do on a Sunday?”
Roam and Sniff pushed in.
Daisy stood up, twisting the top back onto the nail polish. “Time to wipe off the mud. Lay down, Sugar. You, Sniff, go wet this cloth, hot water. Hot as you can get it,” Daisy ordered Sniff and threw him a pale pink washcloth.
Sniff stood staring at the cloth a second then without a word (small miracle) he walked down the hall.
I lay down. Roam turned on the TV.
Thirty minutes later, slathered with face lotion and glistening from shoulders to hairline, facial done, enough pizza on the pub set to feed an army, the boxes sitting next to the jars and bottles of the facial debris, another knock came at the door.
Daisy, Tex, Roam and Sniff were all watching the game. I walked to the door.
It was Heavy and Zip.
“What are you guys doing here?” I asked.