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"It’s not just for you It’s for me as well"

"But you only need protection because you tookon my arm, I shook my head at her "Even if I had left you to die, I would still be a uez cartel lieutenant where not only was his latest batch of girls ‘destroyed,’ but there was a substantial auess I didn’t realize howthat she was probably still skittish when it ca touched by men, I reached over and brushed a strand of dark hair out of her face Her green eyes widened, but she didn’t jerk away "Sorry I had to rain on your little h "Shthearted We were interrupted by the roaring sound of inco bikes I jerkedup to the curb Following close behind them were two cars

Even before I was told, I knehich one was for us It looked to be a mid-to late-1980s Oldsmobile It was the kind of car you didn’t have to worry about getting stolen because it was so hideous-looking no one would give it a second glance But the engine sounded good, so it would do its job by getting us back to Georgia

"Glad to see you guys For a otten us," I said

Bishop grinned "Forget your pain in the ass? Never"

"Yeah, yeah," Iback for an hour or two before heading to the border?"

"Yep Don’t want to draw any unnecessary suspicion," Bishop replied

When ht pang in ood care of her, okay?"

Breakneck s your hands like an old woer than you’ve been alive, you little jerk-off, so get it out of your head that I’ to fuck up your bike"

I punched him playfully in the arrateful to see hi, period

"Whatcha think of the car?" Bishop asked Annabel I kneas goading her just to get a reaction He couldn’t seeirl," as he jokingly called her He had thought the sa about our now sister-in-law, Alexandra, e firstput even Alexandra to sha that wasn’t brand-new, Annabel sreat You know, if it’s older than twenty years, you can consider it an antique, and I love antiques"

Shaking his head, Bishop grinned "Oh, I do think I’ia, Uptown Girl"

"High praise indeed," she replied Of course, she had no idea that when it cahest of praise

"Okay, we should get going," I said

As Annabel started to the car, Breakneck said, "I put a pillow and blanket in the back The h border check, you need to lie down"