C5 | Susan + Henry
Clearly, she was less than thrilled about the power shut-down. He shouldn’t have been surprised. Anyone who’s path he’d crossed who’d had that whole power-shut-off thing? Yeah, it sounded rather lame to him. “Sorry,” he offered, sounding genuine. “That absolutely blows. Any chance they’ll reverse that?”
Henry had to grin somewhat ruefully when she caught him checking her over. “Might make me sound like a jerk, but if I’m being honest, nah. You might have been one of the last people I’d expect to have served jail time.”
He sipped on his beer while listening to her story. Thankfully, she drowned out the sounds of Queen being butchered. By the time she finished, Henry was frowning and shaking her head. “That’s such bullshit. You do something bad by accident? Bam. You try to do something good? Bam, they get you anyway. Locked up with the key thrown away.” He shouldn’t have been surprised by that, either. That’s how he, Simon and Summer had ended up in this shithole, too.
Okay. Maybe slightly different.
Glancing her way, he gave her an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry. That’s lame. You didn’t deserve that. Or to have your powers locked down. But I now feel compelled to get you extra drinks to celebrate your badassery.”