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Laughing again, the sound sharp, Keno sneered, "So she broke your heart?"

Steve wanted to say, Don’t be an idiot But any insult that bold would in fact make him the moron, so instead he took the time to explain "I never loved her Not even close But that doesn’t ets to dump me"

Boyd looked at Keno "Ah, she dented his pride"

They enjoyed insulting him Steve knew that Maybe they didn’t realize it was true

Yes, his ego had taken a hit when Merissa Colter walked away But noas his chance to even the score Once she let him back into her life, he’daway "Are you in or not?"

"Sure" Keno scratched at the whiskers on his chin "We’ve got nothing better to be doing"

"Great" Steve felt his plans falling into place "As I explained, we need to up the ante"

Keno shrugged "You pay, we play"

"It’s a two-step plan, and for the first step, she nize one of you A woman would be a better setup"

"I knooood Just tell us what you’re thinking"

"Once we agree on the pay," Keno added, his gaze frosty, "we’ll get it done Once and for all"

FRUSTRATION BECAME HIS new best friend All week, Arht it--and lost

And no wonder He’d wanted to set his dad straight, to make sure he understood that when it came to Merissa, he wouldn’t play She was off-li and Armie couldn’t find hi every nasty dive, and so far, nothing

Worse than that, though, Bray was still gone How the hell did a kid just disappear? It killed hi parents keep sane when their kids were out and about in the world?

With that thought, Arlanced at Cannon Soon he’d be a dad, a far better dad than Mac, and his son or daughter would be loved unconditionally in ways Bray had never been

In ways Armie had never known, either

"Concentrate," Simon said, always oing on "We’re working on tiroaned and lifted a pad as Armie threw a perfectly ti on hard and if he got too intense, Justice would bail on hi out with hiood, too But talk about intense Sometimes it seemed Leese took himself far too seriously

And truth? It rankled that Leese had that special relationship with Rissy When things fell apart as they always did, would Rissy go to him?

"Get your head out of your ass," Simon barked

Armie narrowed his focus and threw coly complained, but he handled it all

They heard Cannon call out that he was leaving Denver was right behind him

More reasons he preferred Justice--he wasn’t as busy as Cannon, Denver and Stack, and didn’t know him as well as Miles and Brand

"Better," Simon said

Better his ass He was dead-on and Simon knew it

"Take a break Rehydrate" Simon walked off to talk to Cannon before he left