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"I have to go outside Billy’s coet to ht at the carnival
While ait outside on the sidewalk, Kate turns toto say to your father?"
And there’s the question I’ve avoided asking uy--chivalrous Traditional I’d like to think he’d be proud ofKate’s honor But he’s also a businessman And the truth is, I could have defended Kate and still signed Anderson It’s what I should have done It’s what I would have done had it been anyone but her on the negotiating table
"I’ll handle my father"
"What? No No, we’re a team, remember? We both lost this client"
"I’uy"
"And I’m the one who didn’t stop you Now, I appreciate what you did for nificent, actually"
Maybe it’s just the vodka, but her words make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
"But I don’t need a white knight," she goes on "I’irl, and I can certainly handle whatever your father reed?"
This clinches it: Kate Brooks is one incredible woreed"
It’s then that a black Thunderbird roars down the street and stops in front of us Yes--I said Thunderbird Can you say Totally Eighties Weekend? A guy with an average build and light brown hair gets out of it
Is it justto you too? The old-fashioned kind Your grandar-and-water type of douche
With a frown, he zeros in on Kate before looking me over And then he looks even ht; he recognizes competition when he sees it
He cohs and gives ht smile Then she takes two steps toward the car and trips on a crack in the sidewalk I move to catch her, but Needle Dick is closer and beats er on his face turning to disgust
"Are you fucking wasted?"
I don’t really appreciate his tone So ht," Kate tells hi of your life and your girlfriend not showing up? Was it that bad, Kate?"
Gig? Did he really just say gig? She actually sleeps with this rasp "You knohat…" She starts off strong--and then deflates "Just…let’s go hoets in the car and Bitch Boy slalares at me as he walks around to the driver’s side
Kate rolls down the"Goodnight, Drew And thanks…for everything"
I give her a s desire to smash her fiancé’s face in "Any tifor Kate Brooks I rub my hand down my face as a voice coet off withto write ho Kate take off with the spineless weasel she’salone
"Sure, baby I’ll get us a cab"
It’s a lousy lay Souy is fucking you will never be remembered as a stellar sexual experience
The other reason it sucks is because I can’t get Kate out ofShot Girl to her, and the forly short
You think I’ to tellit to you instead of your beer-bellied husband? That’s what I thought
Still think I’ just what you think I deserve very soon
Chapter 10
MY FATHER WAS NOT PLEASED with how I handled the Anderson situation I’d been rash, unprofessional, blah, blah, blah And because ofthe client than Kate
But the fact that I was on the shit list at the office for a while didn’t hit rets over how I’d reacted If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing So, maybe my father was disappointed indisappointed in hi that disastrous s between Kate and I have continued to evolve We still trade punches at work, but they’re ht hooks to the jaw, designed to knock each other on our respective asses We share ideas, help each other out My father was right about that, at least Kate and I coths and weaknesses
So the line, she’s becos I want to crawl between More than a pair of pants I desperately want to get down
Now she’s Kate--a friend A friend who causes my dick to stand at attention every tiuess Because as much as I still want her, and as sure as I a kind
At least not the kind who could live with herself afterward
Now, I knohat you’re thinking: But what happened? How did a self-assured, handso man like myself becoetting there--trust me
To show you the whole picture, there are a few more players you need to meet in the shit-pit soap opera that is nowWarren He’ll be back later, unfortunately
And now you’ll meet Dee-Dee Warren She’s the jackass’s cousin But you shouldn’t hold that against her She’s also Kate’s best friend I’ll show you
"I saw you talking to the brunette with the nice rack You go back to her place?" Matthew askslunch at a diner a few blocks froht
"We didn’t make it that far"