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Joy turns to her tech and rattles off a whole list of orders, her voice firm, hands steady

Once we’re alone, Joy rewashes her hands, then leads me into her office where she collapses into her chair and takes a deep breath

"Okay," she says and reaches for her water bottle "Spill it"

"I’m suspended indefinitely," I reply, and she chokes on her water I hurry around the desk to pound her on the back as she sputters

She wipes her hand over her apes up at ain, you have to promise not to choke"

"This isn’t funny" She frowns

"You heard me," I reply and drop into my seat across from her "Remeo?"

"Of course"

"His faat ation, I can’t work They’re paying h, so there’s that"

"So there’s that," she echoes, nodding slowly "No, fuck that You didn’t do anything wrong, Jace"

Her immediate and fierce loyalty is a balm to my bruised confidence

"They know that, too," I reply "It’s all a formality Honestly, if it had been my father on that table, I can’t say that I wouldn’t want to look into a wrongful death case"

"It doesn’t bring him back," she insists

"No, but if there was ain"

"You’re defending the Walters," she says incredulously

"No, I’ht I’m pissed as hell But, in their shoes, I don’t know if I’d do anything differently"

She blows out a breath and stares at me Her brown hair is piled on top of her head She shed her white coat after surgery, and she’s in baby blue scrubs

For the first time since Ihot

"What a to distract myself from Joy and her sexy scrubs

"You said you wanted to ood tiests "And you could learn to play the piano"

I cock a brow "The piano?"

"Sure You have good hands Might as well use the"

"Now you have jokes My career is als one shoulder My dick twitches

"I have to out with you, and you can come up with a plan I know this will drive you nuts"

Because she knows ree

"I’ll ather her things "And if you’re really nice, you can sleep in my spare room"

But I don’t want to sleep in her spare room No, I want to sleep with her Which reat," I reply with a grin and follow her out to the lobby "I’ll go hoh I have to clean some stuff up before you co She unlocks the front door to let us out "Do you want tacos or lasagna?"

"Yes"