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"Good idea" He put the knife back He was still going with the jeans and western shirt look Had Flo told him my cowboy fantasy? He looked up and winked Of course she had

I rang the doorbell and the door opened i to supple assistant He worked with Miranda at the university A baby cried and Ki

"Hi, Glory Come in It’s ready" She smiled at Blade "Are you her partner?" He put his arm around ood nalance toward the back of the house where cries had turned into screaht here on the couch, Glory Try it on in the bathrooo ahead" Kim hurried off, the two year old stuck to her like a burr I picked up the Kevlar bra We’d decided a sports bra style would work best with Velcro down the front Cute, it wasn’t, but not horrible Kim had lined it with cotton since Kevlar doesn’t breathe If we really were the walking dead, that wouldn’t be a proble action So Kevlar wasn’t exactly comfy to wear

"Try it on, Glory" Blade sat on the couch and crossed his leg over his knee "LetIt hat I was here for, after all I stepped into the bathroom, pulled off my sweater and bra and set them on the closed toilet lid I slipped ly before closing the Velcro Forget the mirror on the back of the door, my bra and skirt showed, I didn’t

I looked down The bra fit tight enough that a slice of cleavage showed Not totally sexless But was my heart protected? I stepped outside

Blade stood and walked around h to keep you safe But the front…" He traced the edge of le and you’re staked" He dipped his finger betweenlike a warrior, obviously

"Sturdy I’d like to test this fabric with that piece of arrow Diana’s got Just to er still rested in that vee

"Flo won’t wear one She’s not into ugly"

He finally let h, like I said, I like you best without a bra The color is odd and I don’t knoill look under your clothes"

I looked down again "Maybe if I added lace…" I headed to the bathroom "I’ll put my sweater on over it See how it looks" In the bathroo my sweater and bra in the open toilet

"Oh, no! Stop that!"

"Mommy!" He dropped them into the water and ran out of the bathrooy clothes Blade came up behind me and put his hand on my shoulder

"Oops"

We stepped into the hall as Kirabbed a toilet brush and fished out the sweater, tossing it into the tub The bra was trickier, but it finally landed with a plop

"Glory, I’m so sorry I’ll buy you new ones"

"Don’t be silly Just wash theet them when I come back with my friend Diana" I touchedto want one and probably a fewbehind me "You throw knives at all her friends?" Okay, this wasThe old knife throwing ritual And of course Blade oozed the kind of charisht into his own personal harem Was it ti to histhat to kids Better to leave town, pick up a new identity…

Blade grinned "I think her friends watch tooa fad Bulletproof bras" Kiuy comes on to you and you shoot him down--’Hey, buddy, you don’t want to ot on hed

Kiher in front" She put her finger in the middle just like Blade had

"You want to leave it here? I can add an inch or two on top"

"No, I like it like this But her" I put lanced at Blade "Jerry’s not that bad a marksman But we’d like to take a piece of cloth with us Just to use as target practice" I held onto Blade’s arh to cut through it" Ki room combination and picked up a one foot square "It’s easy to cut with scissors, but that’s not the sa motion If this stuff stops bullets, it’s bound to stop a knife" She gave ee, couldn’t you do better than as a knife thrower’s assistant? I wouldn’t be surprised if she tried career counseling on et you so to wear home"

"Good Thanks"

Blade leaned down to whisper in my ear "You don’t need a blouse"

"It’s cool outside But if you want to put the top up and turn on the heater…"

"Never e black T-shirt The Austin Annual Bat Festival Austinites love their bats because the bats eat literally tons of mosquitoes And I’d already learned that, in Texas, al was an excuse for a festival I’d have to offer to buy the T-shirt from Kim An early Christmas present for Mara