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Dead to rights, Isaac believed the expression was As he met the eyes of his public defender, hostess, and short-order cook, it was clear she knew she&039;d pegged him on all accounts

And didn&039;t that make hin froht"

She sprinkled cheese and Canadian bacon onto the bubbling circle of an omelet "I&039;m not a quitter Unlike yourself"

Okay That pissed him off "I&039; from your responsibilities"

Before he knew it, he&039;d leaned across the countertop, and was loohly, "I call it survival"

To her credit, or her stupidity, she didn&039;t relent "Talk to me For God&039;s sake, let me help you My father has connections The kind that run deep and into the shadows of the governs he can do to help you"

Isaac re Who the hell was her father? ChildeChildeThe na in his data banks

"Isaac," she said "Please--"

"You got otta let et you ever met me If your father is the kind of man you say he is, you know damn well there are branches of the service where AWOL is a death sentence"

"I thought you weren&039;t in the military"

He let that one lie where it landedwhich was on top of the pile of shit he&039;d brought to her door

In the silence, she added a little seasoning, the saltshakerAnd then she folded the o out on the heat for a bit

Two minutes later, the plate that was presented to hi silver and had curlicues on it

"I know you&039;re polite," she said, "but don&039;t wait for me It&039;s better hot"

He didn&039;t like eating before her, but considering he&039;d shut her down on everything else, he figured noas an opportunity to be acco to the sink, he washed his hands with soap and water; then he sat down and ate every last bite

It was gorgeous

"Stay the night," she said after she&039;d fixed her own and started in on it while she stood at the counter "Stay the night and I&039;ll resign from your case--but not until you have breakfast withyour o I won&039;t be a part of that If you leave, you&039;re going to have to have that debt on your conscience"

A wave of weariness blew through hi hisher the money seemed a curiously unsupportable burden, far over and above the nuraves But that hat decent people had always done to himthey made him see too clearly who and what he was

Just as he was gearing up to argue about the B-and-B thing, she cut him off "Look, if you&039;re here, I know you&039;re safe I know you&039;ve had a ht now, you need medical attention for your face, another omelet, and a bed that you can rest in As I said, this house is wired way beyond civilian standards and there are a couple of tricks in the interior--so you don&039;t need to worry about a break-in Besides, nobody with ties to the govern to hurt me because of my father"

ChildeChildeNope, still nothing Then again, he&039;d been a grunt in XOps who&039;d been preoccupied with two things: getting his target and getting out alive He was hardly the type to know about h And the guy had slipped him his number

"So do we have a deal?" she deruffly

"Yes But I&039;ll have to tell the I know about you when I do And before you ask, since you&039;ve neither confirovernet we ever talked about that"

He wiped his mouth with a napkin and wanted to curse at his lack of options: Man, her deterle of her jaw--clearly, it was her way or no way

"Show me your security system" As her shoulders visibly eased up, she put down her fork, but he was having none of that "No, finish your food first"

While she ate, he got up and paced around,from the pictures on the walls to the photos around the couch and sitting area Finally, he stopped in front of all that glass

"Let me show you"

At the sound of her voice, his eyes focused on the reflection of her as she stood behind him in that black dress, a beautiful specter of a woman

In the quiet silence of the house, with his belly full of food she had prepared for his went from complicated to coer that was going to put them both in a hell of a bind

"Isaac?"

That voice of hersthat dressthose legs

"I need to go," he said roughly Actually, he needed to co to be part of this Even if he had to cut his own cock off and bury it in that lovely backyard of hers

"Then I&039;n from your case"

Isaac wheeled around and was entirely unsurprised when she didn&039;t step back or budge one inch

Before he could open his mouth, she held up her palm to stop him before he started "It doesn&039;t matter that I don&039;t know you and I don&039;t owe you So you can stop that argu to check out uest roo--"

"I could kill you Right here Right now"