THE ONE CALLED J

Chapter 21

The waitress came to Joshua's table with a tray, her demeanor fell when she didn't notice Hendrickson as the people whom she saw sitting were Joshua, Max, and Dave. 

"The man who was sitting here before," she asks.   "Where did he go?"

"Yeah, forgot Henry is yet to be back," Joshua sighs as he relaxes back in his seat.  "Wonder how long it takes just to wait for a vehicle and if those deliverers ain't around, he could just have come back and waited, an old mind is incapable of thinking well."

"You are one rude brat,"  Max had a disappointed look.  "You know that."

"I don't care what you think of me, know that and you will attain peace."

"Henry isn't the average adult," Dave maintained his neutral expression.  "If he realized they weren't there, he would have come back, he seems very protective of us, there should be a reason why he isn't coming back."

"I am still right here," the waitress speaks, she was tired of the boys pretending that she didn't exist.

"Good," Joshua turns coldly towards her.  "Drop the tray on the table and go find some other unfortunate customer to annoy."

The waitress' look changed as she heard that but she struggled to keep her cool as she placed the tray on the table.  In moments, she had gotten to another table taking another customer's order.

"You know, J," Dave begins.  "She didn't offend you."

"Her existence did,"  Joshua replied without missing a beat as he took a burger from the tray, he munched into it.  "I reckon Hendrickson is probably attacked at the moment, should we go help him?"

"What do you mean should we go help him?" Max was flustered as he got to his feet.  "Of course, that's what we are gonna do."

"Relax, Max," Dave sighs.  "This is just a speculation, we don't know if Hendrickson is attacked and even if we did, you know how fast entourage battles are, the fact that he isn't entering here or the enemy isn't coming in here means something unexpected has taken place, we have to be more subtle, we don't know who's having the advantage; Hendrickson or the enemy?"