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"And yet we’ve talked to dozens of people who clairound out an expletive "We need to find this assle"

Gage shared his partner’s anger With the nuhtly basis, it was i in with a few lines of coke or sohly searched everyone at the door Whicharound Sin But so fat no-no The cops would shut thee wasn’t about to lose the hefty profits the club brought in

"I’ll tell the guys to be extra alert tonight," he said, sinking into the arure out who the dealer is, it’ll be easy to put hirabbed a pack of Caarette, then proceeded to blow a cloud of s not to inhale "You just have to flaunt it into quit, assle"

"You’ve been trying to quit for two years"

"This time it’ll stick"

"Ha Sure" His friend suddenly broke out in a grin "Hey, so when can I expect the deets about your lady friend? You know, the one you alh It had been too ," he "

"Well, it was"

Liar

All right, soMaybe he’d stayed awake half the night thinking about Skyler Maybe he’d jerked off three times before the arousal had finally dissipated, and even then, it still lingered under the surface, waiting for any opportunity to rear up again

But he didn’t regret sending her away If she didn’t have the word "relationship" written on her forehead in huge block letters, heshe was the kind of girl ouldn’t be satisfied with anything less than a coe didn’t do commitments He wasn’t cut out for relationships--past experience had proved that--and he wasn’t about to risk breaking another heart

Women like Skyler deserved better than a breathless, hurried screw outside a nightclub, and besides, she was only twenty-four, whichfor hie of thirty, but Lord, he felt that way sometimes Felt like he’d lived ten lifetimes already

"Fine, I’ll drop it," Reed said "Just know that I wholeheartedly approve of last night or any future nights you irl It was kinda hard to tell froe rolled his eyes again Of course Reed approved Hot was the only require in at a close second Reed was a player to the core, and had been froeup in South Boston They’d both dreae’s style leaned toward boxing while Reed was an out-and-out brawler, not above fighting dirty And they’d both retired at the sa the cash they’d earned over the years to open the club