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“I couldn’t even get him to pay what he owed already,” I said “Health and Welfare won’t do shit, either I don’t think upward adjustured,” he replied “So I’ paycheck to paycheck any back down at the envelope “I have to ask … Is it going to coet arrested?”
“You’re good,” he said “That’s not enough cash to catch any IRS attention, and Horse is working on getting the rest of it to you all safe and legal He’s a daood accountant, and he’ll ith our lawyer Fuckin’ shark If Zach ever tries to cause trouble about it, you call htened around th, and I shivered
“This is another case of you doing my dirty work for er said, his face serious “This isn’t about you, Sophie It’s about Zach taking care of his son—and it’s not like it even came out of his pocket That insurance settleht to thisyou guys out I fixed the problem Don’t think about it anymore, just use the money to take care of our boy, okay?”
I nodded ainst his chest He kissed the top of my head and rubbed up and down my back
“So Horse is an accountant?” I asked after a minute “I find that hard to picture”
“I’d just as soon you not picture Horse at all,” he muttered, and I smiled
“Thank you,” I whispered I’d never seen that much money in my life Hell, at this rate we’d have the fancy macaroni and cheese all the time! And the rest? If I saved it, I’d be able to pay for Noah’s college
My kid would go to college I felt tears well up in
“If you really want to thank htened up and s
“Why do you have to say things like that?”
“You were getting all soft and sweet,” he said “And when you get like that I really want to fk you But Noah’s right outside and this is shit ti you up takes care of that soft and sweet crap”
“You’re iet up He heldhietting harder by the second
“How about this,” he said “One kiss Give me one kiss and we’ll call it even”
“No,” I told hi You can’t let ht,” he said “I’ to let you win, so you ive up now”
With that his lips came down over mine in another of those kisses that destroyed my ability to think He exploredlike hell that Noah ith a babysitter Heroin The man was pure heroin Heroin kills people, my brain screaer Finally he letas hell
“Like I said, onna win this little ga my head How did he do that to ht, and he turned it off, just like that Noah ran up across the deck and looked at us through the , pressing hisa blowfish face Then he started laughing wildly and ran off again
Okay That turned it off
“You want to keep your own place for a while,” Ruger said, touching my cheek softly “I’ll try to understand that It’s all happening fast and that’s scary But you’re still otten that or changedto keep your dick in your pants at the club?” I asked bluntly
“I’ not to keep it in my pants,” he said slowly “But I’ve told you—I’m not a one-woman man I won’t lie to you or make promises I’m not sure I can keep”
“And there we have it,” I replied, shakinghoet off work?
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