Chance smiled, “Work is boring. I’d like to take a ride when Martin told me about your trip back home. There was nothing much to do in the hospital anyway.”
It was a good excuse that he had made up before they got here.
Martin, the pilot, pursed his lips and said, “Nonsense! You don’t have much work to do at work? Your clinic is the best one in the city and crowded with patients every day. It usually takes two months to make an appointment with one of your doctors. I don’t believe…ouch…”
Before Martin could finish his sentence, Chance had smacked him on the back of the head, “It’s none of your business. I own the clinic. I go to work whenever I want to. Stop nagging me.”
“Hey, who is nagging? Chance, you little bastard, I'll give you a break on the plane. Let’s have a duel when we get off the plane.”
Martin, who had been concentrated on flying the plane, was startled by the smack and the plane was shaking. He cried out, “Allen, don't look on. Hit Chance for me, or I’ll quit as the pilot.”
Allen laughed and pushed Chance, “Chance, stop bullying Martin. We’re sitting in the plane that he was flying. He is the big boss here. Our safety depends on his flying skills. He is not the one you should mess with.”
Martin protested because Allen was practically saying that he had threatened all of them with their own safety. He said to Joey, “Joey, your man is bullying me. Don’t you think you should do something about it? A man should listen to his girl, not the other way around. Let me tell you…ouch…”
Before Martin could finish his sentence, someone had smacked him on the back of the head, only it was Allen this time.
“You bastard, focus on the plane, ok? Everyone knows you are a smart ass.”Allen complained. He disliked anyone who dared to stick his nose in their business.
He held Joey in his arms and smiled, “Don’t listen to him. He is always talking nonsense.”
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