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Does he think I’ idiot

"Tom, Den" He nods at therunts in his direction

I have to suppress a s it mildly He’s a cocky little fucker who once served his purpose of scoring the best coke around for ht noant this fucker as far away fro what he’ll have in his pocket is scratching at lance in Dave’s direction He’s at the bar, watching Jase like a hawk

Meeting et rid of him quick, Dave will see to it for me

The waitress reappears with our beers Stepping around Jase, she puts our drinks down for us

"Thanks," I say I return etting straight to the point No sense beating around the bush, wasting my tietting ratulations"

"Received, and thanks"

He stares athis hand on the back of the seat, leans over and says in ood shit on ht that has your name written all over it"

I push him away from me with a firm shove to his shoulder "Not interested"

"You sure about that?" He smiles It’s a cocky smile One that I want to wipe off his face

"Never been ht out withmy head back I drink it, but I don’t irl in the papers Trudy Bennett, right? A real English beauty you got yourself there, Jake I hear she’s living over here now"

Sla the table forward into Jase Tom and Den are on their feet in an instant

I see Dave ot this

"Don’t talk about her, h to speak irl’s name"

"I meant no disrespect," he says with a sirl is pretty Real pretty"

"I know exactly what you’re doing,to" I round the table, squaring up to him "You knohat I’m capable of, so don’t fuck with irl’s name, let alone saw her face You fuckin’ readoff "Like I said, I ht"

I watch hi with absolute fucking anger

"You all right, man?" Denny asks as I sit back down

I shakeJase fucking Collins, laying a threat nearbastard I’ll take his head off

Tru She’s at home alone

I motion Dave over

"Send Ben over to the house to watch Tru," I say quietly to hi a clever bastard But I don’t take any chances where she’s concerned"

"I’ll call Ben now, and I’ll call the house security to tell the ainst it I don’t want to frighten her

"Let me knohen Ben’s at the house," I say to Dave before he walks off toa threat near Tru?" To a cocky fucker" Even as I say the words, I still feel twitchy as hell I know his threat was empty, but it still makes me anxious

"I hate that little shit You should have kicked his ass years ago, man Hell, you should kick his ass now"

"He fuckin’ mentions Tru oneanother swig ofan ex-user is knowing sculad Den and Toot mixed up in that shit Even with the life we lead, and the people we’re around, they’ve e, sure, but they’ve never dabbled in the harder stuff It’s especially a how lad for it I got too fucked up on the stuff I never want that for either of them

They tried to intervene when I was at my low point, but back then I didn’t want anyone’s help except from the likes of scum like Jase Collins, who could provide me with exactly what I needed

I never ever want to go back there

I’m lucky Tom and Den stuck with me Even more lucky that I have Tru back inthe buzz of more alcohol, I call the waitress over

It’s a different waitress, I notice Tits even bigger than the last one’s, and they’re about as fake as her blonde hair I get a pretty close look as she leans over our table to clear the first round, practically sticking the her as best I can, I avert my eyes and say, "Bottle of Jack, and another round of beers"

"I’ll be right back with your order, boys," she says in a Southern drawl

Leaning back, hands pressed flat on the table, coives ether Then turning, ood view of her ass, she sloalks away

"Now you’re fuckin’ talking with the Jack,ha wired and twitchy after Jase Collins’s visit, and I need soe off

There are only three things that can take the edge off forI currently can’t do two of the the one I can do, hard

The waitress returns and puts our drinks down on the table

I let out a laugh at To down her top--if it can be called a top It’sher nipples