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"Just checking on things," he responds, but his eyes stay on Joey’s back She’s pretending he’s not there Until he speaks to her "How you doing, Josephine?"

Josephine? Fuck et in Law’s face, but she just raises her hand, giving hier She still hasn’t turned around and refuses to meet his eyes in the mirror

"Josephine, sweets, don’t--"

"Sweets--" I try to say so, but she cuts both of us off

"What the fuck are you doing here, Anderson? Pretty sure stalking is against the law"

I watch the Sheriff’s jaw tick The bar has beco what’s happening It seems to make the Sheriff uncomfortable, until he breaks the silence

"Jake, ht," Law says, looking to the bartender

"She with that bachelorette party?"

"That would have been them" If Law’s sister ith the bachelorette party, I realize I ht have a way to find out who my Penelope is I start to speak up, but his next words hitclicks into place

A distant e too away back, and the history isn’t fucking good The guy’s a cocky bastard who thinks his shit doesn’t stink, and he’s just as crooked as thepod, those two are

At least I knohere to find her now She’s either at the Mayor’s house or their old fa Scott’s house, I’ll burn the place to the ground with Scott still in it

"They left here about two hours ago," Jake says, pouring old Jilass of cheap whiskey

"All right, I was just checking in before I head hoht"

Joey snorts at his words like she doesn’t believe hi I don’t catch, but before I can ask, Law is speaking to her