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the house. “Okay, fine, but don’t scare me like that okay? Now, go clean your laundry. Dude, I can smell it from my room.”
    Brent reached over and smacked the back of Fletch’s head. “No, you can’t. And you should talk! Last time I even looked in your room, I thought something had blown up in there. Didn’t your mom teach you how to clean your room or do you play too many video games?”
    Fletch glared at him. “It’s not that bad. In fact, I can find stuff. I have a system. Anyway, let’s get the groceries inside before Tor comes out here and tries to eat the steak rare.”
    Brent rolled his eyes. “Yeah, yeah. Him and his bottomless pit. You’re just trying to avoid answering me, but let’s go anyway.”
    They left the vehicle and began to unload everything. The side door opened and Tor stepped out. “Finally,” he called out. “I thought you were gone so long that you found a party and weren’t leaving it. I’m starving.”
    They unloaded the car and Brent rushed through his chores. Once he was ready for work, he stood by the car next to Fletch.
    “Where’s Tor?” Fletch asked without looking up.
    “Don’t know. I got here a minute ago,” Brent replied. He slipped out his phone, turned it on and checked his emails and text messages.
    Tor finally came out of the house, banging out of the side door, locking it before he hit the fob to unlock his SUV. “Sorry about the delay. Got a call from Louisa demanding to know where we were. She’s freaking out and I had to calm her down before she blew a gasket at a line cook who’d burned some fries.”
    “Looks like you’re going to have to stick to her like glue tonight. More than usual,” Fletch teased.
    Tor rolled his eyes. “Can’t do that or it would be my head she’d bite off. She’d also stress out even more if she thought I was watching her. Bad enough the boss left her in charge while he’s handling some extra things for the festival. Apparently the pub will be closed down and we’ll be moving to the lakeside site at the end of the week.”
    Brent stared at his friend. All he could picture was mosquitoes, flies, animals they’d have to chase away, and drunks who decided a moonlight swim was a good idea. He sighed. “Does he want us to kill him?”
    Tor chuckled. “He’s bringing in extra security. Apparently he’s landed The Snake for some entertainment.”
    Fletch finally looked up, eyes wide. “The Snake? Really? Did you see that YouTube video of him having an onstage breakdown? Man, that was harsh. Why’s he in our little nook of the world?”
    Tor shrugged. “Don’t know, don’t care. But we’ll have to keep an eye on the patrons, especially the women, or they’ll be trying to rush the stages. We have to make sure that no one slips backstage and all that.”
    Brent raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean by we ? I’m not security.” He didn’t like the idea of manhandling anyone unless he absolutely had to, and those incidents were few and far between. He’d like to keep it that way.
    Tor slipped into the car and Brent and Fletch followed suit.
    “We’re not going to be security, just an extra set of eyes for them, so no need to freak out.” Tor turned the ignition and pulled out of the driveway.
    Brent felt uneasy at Tor’s words. As they pulled into the employee parking lot of the Dragon’s Lair, he saw that there were already cars parked in the customer section. There was even a line outside the front doors. His stomach sank even further. It was going to be an even longer night than he’d thought. Tonight was going to be chaos, he just knew it.
     

Chapter Six
     
     
    Carissa, Jezebel and Anna threaded their way through the crowd. Their friend Louisa had promised them a table. Excitement buzzed at the back of Carissa’s mind. Her imagination was running wild with all the things they could do with the money coming in. For a start, they could pay their rent and bills on time for once. They had other ideas,