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"I have to admit," I say with an air of ad impressed with that little display" I holdup off the counter as I pull her out of the room and down the hall
Monster Bro is about to bark at her e appear holding hands, but Boot this in his garage, he wantsto see it in person"
Monster Bro is stunned silent so we make our escape and practically run to o around tothe door to object to what’s happening when I start up the truck, check for traffic, and pull out into the northbound lane of College Avenue
"I live out in Bellvue, that OK?"
"Why would it be a probleot her foot up on the seat, her elbow propped on it, just looking at ed heror the fact that I have a ‘56 Bird in e, but at this point, I really do not care
"You hardly knowyou to a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere I’uilty?" It’s a question, like she wants to believe I’m innocent, but she also wants to hear the truth
"They dropped the charges for a reason, Bouy they uy"
She chews on her lip for a h her purse and pulls out her pink 38 "I’ve got un So if you mess with me, I’ll just put so before she finishes her sentence
I shake un, Ronnie" She blushes at the nicknaot a shitload of nicknames for her a helluva lot more erotic than Ronnie But I note this for future reference "You un It needs to be loaded so when opportunity knocks, you’re ready"
"I don’t kno to shoot," she reluctantly admits after a few seconds’ pause "My dad and brothers never taught un to piss them off, but I never learned how to shoot it I don’t even knohat kind of bullets it takes I’ve been wanting to learn for a long tiirl after ot a shooting range on my property I’ll teach you the basics, then I’ll put you on un club membership and buy you soht up "OK," she says through her sed my life, Spencer Shrike"
"That was the plan, Bombshell That was always the plan"
We drive in silence after that She looks out theas I make my way across the countryside until I come to my driveway "Who do you live here with?" she asks as I pull past the house and park the truck next to the shop building out back