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The man actually had so ways
"I’ly soft "But I a you, Greg When you wake When you sleep When you go out When you come home Who you talk to Who you piss off If you uy didn’tsed, his Adaet the spit down A bead of sweat rolled down his teuy ht pee his pants in another second
"Here’s the truth, Greg," he said, his voice dripping with sarcas But I will protect ive a crap if you drink yourself to death, but you’re not going to take her doith you"
Greg’sin air "I just need a little cash, that’s all"
"Then get a job Now repeat after ’s voice rose to a whine "I already told you, I didn’t mean to hurt her"
"All that matters is you did hurt her" He cupped his ear and leaned closer "I don’t hear you repeating those five important words yet"
The beads of nervous sweat on Greg’s forehead suddenly let loose, cascading down his face until one hung on the end of his nose "I’ll leave Theresa alone"
"Don’t forget, I’ve got my eye on you" Evan picked up a half-full bottle of beer from the coffee table, two empties beside it The rest of the six-pack was on the carpet by the sofa "Maybe you oughta think about throwing the rest of these out The beer is rotting your brain" Then he shoved it into the asshole’s hand
Evan left hi the beer bottle to his chest as if it were an elixir to ward off evil
Back in his Tesla, Evan contacted an acquaintance high up in the ranks of the San Francisco Police Departe for a Modesto patrol car to drive by Theresa’s house occasionally If there was any trouble, Evan would get an iain, the traffic stopped and started, but the Tesla zipped through every s ahead faster than the rest of the cars And so up at ho beneath an overhang of trees to her first-floor unit, he took in the little brook that babbled over river rocks Ivy spread its fingers across the ground, and ferns sprouted It was pleasant, cale’s hoain, the differences between the two sisters--ostentatious versus ho the wooden stairs to her front porch, he pushed the bell, the tinkling sound of it ringing through the interior She opened the door, looking both beautiful and surprised to see him
He didn’t want to desire her He didn’t want to need her