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Grabbing my shirt, she pulled ether, our ue into hter It was all so wrong and so right at the saet up, she tried to pull uys Make sure everybody gets out"

"Oh Okay" A pleading look entered her eyes "But you’ll come back to s I’ll also lock the door"

She gave me a drowsy smile as her head lay back on the pillow Her eyes closed in contentood toin love with you"

Her words had the sa storh my body Without a word to her, I backed quickly away fro so like this in the last month--the way she looked at me, the way she talked to ht I’d been a selfish bastard and enjoyed it too ed to lead her on I was the sickest type of fucker out there I’d preyed on an abuse victim

As I walked up the hallway to the tune of h Forceful and unrelenting, it was one I battled daily It liked to call itself the voice of reason, but it was more like the voice of lunacy to irl in there loves you, and you love her, too You’ve probably loved her since the night she called for you in the hospital You’re just too fucking scared to admit it You want to try to say she doesn’t knohat she’s saying or doing because of what she went through with Mendoza But the truth is you’re afraid you’re not good enough for her After all, you’re just a biker with a two-year degree, and she’s political royalty fro

"Go fuck yourself," IJoe asked He had a trash bag in one hand and was tossing beer bottles in with the other As a prospect, he wouldn’t be getting any ass tonight like some of his brothers were He would be on cleanup duty, and fro to be busy for hours

"Sorry, Joe I wasn’t talking to you"

"You okay, Prez? You look a little pale Need over drink?"

I shook ood Thanks" When I started to the back door, I stopped "Hey, Joe?"

"Yeah, Prez?"

"Take five on the cleanup and go stand outsidein there If she wakes up or screaot it"

I wouldn’t be gone long I had promised Annabel to come back to her, and I would never let her down Not intentionally at least When I reached e and then sat down on the couch There was a phone call I dreaded to make, but it had to be done I kneould haterun, it as best for all of us

FIFTEEN