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Toht, he had plans Another thing to look forward to

He was pulling out of the parking garage and onto the dark narrow road that would take hi

His car’s Bluetooth read off the nunized it “Hello,” he greeted

“I got yourany pleasantries Elijah was quite used to the Aht to the point by now, so it didn’t bother hi me back,” Elijah said, his attention on the road in front of hi to your voiceize?”

“Yeah For disappearing on you last night,” Elijah stated bluntly There was no need to beat around the bush; Elijah kneell as Logan that his disappearance after that scene had been rude

“What the fuck happened?” Logan asked, just as brusquely

He’d lost his nerve, that’s what had happened He had seen Samantha McCoy for the very first ti to do with the fact that she’d been restrained in a swing, being fucked into oblivion by her husband either It had been what he’d seen in her eyes that had blindsided him

“I fucked up,” he told Logan now, going for the truth

“I took your disappearance to mean you weren’t interested”

“Oh, I’hed heavily A little too ize I just… I hadn’t expected that”

“What? To find hed, without an ounce of hu reht It had been intense, but not at all hu I’ my wife hurt Do you understand me?”

“Loud and clear,” Elijah answered candidly “I have no excuse I… panicked But I’d like to apologize to Saen of hope He was the first to adh to coht,” Logan retorted

Elijah had an early thata coward last night

“Does this ht?” Elijah asked

“You will” Logan’s voice was fir else in thepatiently for as to coure out if this is what you want before you show up” There was a brief pause before Logan continued “As it was, Sa earlier in the evening She’s not stupid, Elijah She knew I had so his first visit to X-hale, an upscale cigar bar owned by Xander Boone An off the cuff invitation from Trent Ra met him in a hotel bar of all places, had sparked Elijah’s interest It ithout saying that Elijah had been curious enough to attend

“Understood I’d very h clenched teeth He could own up to hisdohen necessary, but it wasn’t easy He had to re pissed off

“We’ll be heading that direction in about an hour and a half,” Logan finally said “I’ll need to give Saet there,” Elijah informed him casually “If you’re busy, I’ll wait”

“I’ll keep an lowered his voice, “don’t fuck this up again”

With that, the call ended

Although they had never an McCoy According to Logan, the rumor mill ran both ways, especially in their industry In fact, XTX was a very loyal custoan’s name was mentioned frequently when it came to their business However, Elijah had not been privy to the sort of inforhly respected man after their first introduction And the info he had obtained wasn’t just ruht from the horse’s mouth, so to speak