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"Taking the watch shouldn’t be a proble as you port in"

I putto walk in"

"Then you port to the agreed-upon location," he finished

"Which is where?" I asked

"Doesn’t le eyes on me "You’ll take a cab ho I say because you’re sexist or because you think I’m stupid?"

Wisely, Poe backed into a corner to stay out of the line of fire

"Your level of respect is inappropriate" Dad’s jaas clenching

"When do I ever do anything that is appropriate?" I asked

"If you want to do this job, I would suggest you start ihtness around his eyes that I’d pushed hie hiet rolled over, and I wasn’t about to lose the chance to leave the house

"Yes, sir" I dropped oes to Alpha Daddy

Poe didn’t say a word as alked out of Dad’s office, but his look clearly indicated I should’ve shut up way before I did

My look back indicated he should screw off

"He only acts that way because he loves you," Poe said

"So ignoringand headed for the front door Even though I preferred it, taking Dad’s town car wasn’t the best way to stay undercover A cab waited at the corner, and I cliave the address The driver didn’t balk when I pulled off my oversized T-shirt and adjusted the laces on h to rattle

I’d figured out the art of decadent cae Thanks to the number of flamboyant visitors to the clubs on Bourbon, I found it easy to blend in the Quarter I had one rule when it caave me a chance to step into someone else’s fictitious life Sometimes my characters had elaborate backstories Other tiave ht, it involved glitter, false eyelashes with feathers on the ends, and lots of glittery powder intopped it all off, perfectly and literally I slickedtouch, and tapped the back of the cabbie’s seat once we hit the edge of the French Quarter I gave hiht?"

From the way he looked at my chest, he’d seen way ave er, andof thening the shape ofmy cheekbones more prolassI could see

It had rainedin the air, but the endless party still went strong Idetails for my escape route, since I’d be on foot