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"First, tell uy Andy owes h on your phone were frorauy trace the nu his thumb over his shoulder in Melanie’s direction "I stopped by her place thislike a canary"

I look over at Melanie and see her pull out a compact from her purse and check her reflection in the shtens her hair and adds so over at us

"Can we hurry this along? I’ve got a yoga class in twenty hs and puts his back to her "She told ht because he was talking nonstop about soeta picture of you in ato nail you Melanie found your nu to tell you to stay away from her man, but her boyfriend snatched the phone away before she could leave a e It seems little Miss Melanie over there is jealous of you"

"Oh please I aedto help you," Melanie says She turns and stalks toward the door

Dallas runs up to her and grabs her by the ar her around "Oh, no I don’t think so You see, you’re now an acco to help us, or you’re getting a free ride straight to the women’s correctional facility"

Melanie’s face pales as she stares up at Dallas "Prison? I can’t go to prison I’ to tellyou know about your boyfriend and where he’s holding Andy We’ll see if we can work out a deal after that"

I clear my throat and when Dallas turns to look at hs and walks back to me

"Um, you don’t knoho Melanie’s boyfriend is?"

Dallas shakes his head "I didn’t get that far with her yet I wanted to wait until you got here to grill hermy lip, I look up at hiht be the tirits his teeth in an effort not to shout at ether fairly well considering he just had to break up a catfight

"Who is he?" Dallas growls

"Ever heard of Vinnie DeMarco?"

Dallas closes his eyes and shakes his head "You have got to be fucking kidding est crime boss this side of the Mason-Dixon Line? This is information that would have been useful, oh, say, YESTERDAY!"

With lare at hia problem would collide like this? You’re a PI too, and last tier than I have Why the hell didn’t YOU put two and two together, you pompous ass?"

Dallas stares at h bursts out of hisKennedy in the ball-busting departh "So, are we going to kick a little Mob ass nohat?"

CHAPTER 19

This is not a good idea Can you please get your hands off her boobs?"

Matt stares angrily at Ted as he finishes up attaching a bug to the front clasp of my bra Ted quickly puts his hands up in surrender and backs away from me while I button my shirt back up

"I know this isn’t an ideal situation, but it’s our best option right now," Ted explains to Matt cal to catch Vinnie DeMarco for years The last call that cae was the only one they would allow to bring in the e for Andy"

To say Matt hasn’t been too thrilled about the events that unfolded in Dallas’s office the other day is putting it mildly Not only was he pissed that Melanie’s Mob-boss boyfriend is the one who kidnapped Andy, he was also really mad he wasn’t there to see me attempt to pull her hair out by the roots He kissed the scratch she left on my arm and told me next time I should stomp on her foot with my Guccis And he even knew they were Guccis If I didn’t think so before, I’m now certain he’s a keeper

Matt places his hands on either side of my face and stares directly into erous"

I reach my hands up and place them over the top of his "I’ll be fine The place will be surrounded by cops I’et out"

"We’re not going to have her out of our sight for one minute, Matt I promise," Ted assures hie as Kennedy coht over to me with a pissed-off look on her face

I don’t knohat I’ into a den of e I had to call her," Ted apologizes

"What The Fuck?" Kennedy stutters as she stands in front of me with her hands on her hips

"Is now a bad tiht when I think Kennedy is going to punch ainst her