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did you get out so quickly?”
    “You mean
from jail? My parents posted bail. I got court in two weeks. Over what, right?
Such bullshit.”
    “You do
remember threatening me with a gun don’t you?”
    “Pfft,”
Dennis muttered. “That thing wasn’t even real.”
    “What? You …
you fired a shot into the air. I remember. I was there.”
    Dennis looked
at her funny. “I was just mucking around. I was … stoned.”
    Stacey
shifted. She was really uncomfortable. “Where are we going?”
    “I said we’d
meet Jasmine at our cousin’s house.”
    “Why your
cousins house? Because they’ll probably check our house.”
    “So you’re
still living with Jasmine? She didn’t kick you out?”
    “I haven’t
even seen her since last night. But the cops might check our house, so that’s
why we’re going somewhere they won’t find you.”
    “Okay,”
Stacey sighed.
    “Don’t sound
so grateful.”
    “I am …
grateful,” Stacey mumbled.
    “No,” Dennis
said. “You’ve changed. You used to love me.”
    She wasn’t
going to argue with him there.
    She had
changed.
    About a
quarter of an hour later, they pulled upside Dennis and Jasmine’s cousin’s
house. Stacey had never been here before, though she had met the cousin a few
times. He was a shady character in his late twenties. He liked tattoos and took
drugs. Other than that, she didn’t have much to say about him.
    Inside the
house, which Dennis entered without knocking, they found the cousin sitting on
the sofa in the lounge room watching TV. He was smoking a cigarette.
    “Hey,” he
greeted.
    Dennis
hi-five him. “You remember Stacey right?”
    “Oh yeah,”
the cousin said. “Hey.”
    “Hey,” Stacey
said. “Matthew … right?”
    Matthew the
cousin nodded.
    “Alright,”
Dennis said. “Just chill here for a bit, Stacey. I’m gonna give Jasmine a call
find how long before she gets here.”
    Stacey sat
down and Dennis disappeared into the kitchen with his cell phone out.
    “Hey,”
Matthew repeated his greeting to Stacey.
    She didn’t
respond.
    “Want a drink
or something?”  he asked.
    “Not really,”
Stacey replied. “I don’t know how long I’ll stay here to be honest.”
    “Why do you
have to be somewhere?”
    “Dennis and I
… we’re not together anymore.”
    “How come?”
    Stacey
shrugged. “Too much fighting.”
    “But he loves
you, yeah?”
    Stacey shook
her head. “He needs to get over me if he does.”
    Matthew
snorted. “Why, do you think you’re better than him?”
    Stacey
shrugged.
    “Do you think
you’re better than me?”
    Dennis
reentered the room. “Jasmine will be here in twenty minutes. Are we good till
then at least, Stace?”
    “As long as
you don’t threaten me with a gun or anything,” Stacey replied.
    “Hmm,” Dennis
said sitting opposite her. “If I did that though, then you wouldn’t be allowed
to leave, would you?”
    “Will you
quit joking around?” Stacey demanded.
    “Sure,”
Dennis nodded. “I guess I should probably apologize for yesterday as well
right.”
    Stacey
blinked.
    “Well, I’m
sorry, babe. Rest assured, it won’t happen again.”
    Funnily
enough, Stacey wasn’t sure she believed him.

 
    CHAPTER
SIXTEEN
     
     
    Jasmine arrived within about half an
hour. Before then, conversation with Dennis and his cousin was awkward at best,
but at least neither of them seemed overly aggressive towards Stacey. As far as
she could tell, he’d given up pursuing her as his girlfriend. At least for now.
    Stacey was
relieved when her friend finally showed. Jasmine looked a bit more tired and
apprehensive than her usual outgoing self – consolidating Stacey with a gentle
hug and then directly asking if Dennis had been on his best behavior.
    “He seems
okay at the moment,” Stacey answered.
    “You see,
sis, I told ya she’d forgive me,” Dennis said.
    “Did he
apologize?” Jasmine asked Stacey.
    “Of course I
apologized!”
    Stacey
nodded.
    “Alright,”
Jasmine smiled. “How