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"I was there to kill hie until I found a corner with a broken light I put the car in park and looked at her "Mr Song ran a prostitute ring He sold young girls and wo so"

"He sold girls? Hookers?" She shook her head "How can you know that?"

"I’irls started showing up dead, one of his associates decided it was tie before opening my door "I need to defuse the bo off when the police find the vehicle"

"Shit" She scra out of the car She was looking at the stairs leading outside and chewing on her lip when I climbed out of my seat

"Ava?" I leveled my eyes at her over the car "You’re free to run, but your chances are exponentially better withI couldn’t bla a hit to kill her, not to mention the dead est

"Take care of the bomb" She looked away from me "And then we need to talk"

I nodded my head, relieved she hadn’t decided to run I knew that if she went off on her own she wouldn’ther would have an easy ti her down I could walk, could disappear for a while and wait for this to blow over But I needed to knohat had happened back there, if for no other reason than to make sure I hadn’t been set up And Ava was my best link to the wholeheart was getting the better of " She nodded, but didn’t look back at uessed Understandable

I slid under the bumper and carefully undid the wires that connected the device to the explosive I considered re it withit Besides, I kne to getand I realized Ava was kicking me softly I crawled out and looked around carefully There was soe

"Found it, honey" I heldmy arm around her shoulders I kept my voice casual as I led her toward the nearest exit "It looks like it’s broken You’ll have to get it repaired"

"That’s a shahtness around her eyes as she leaned into me

We walked down the road a ways as I scouted for a new vehicle Preferably so older that wouldn’t be easy to trace The farther alked, the ainst my side Most of my time spent omen was very business-like We were there to scratch an itch for each other There was no cuddling or holding hands I couldn’t reainstother than sex

I slid my arhtly before falling back into pace with me

"Loosen up, Ava If we look happy, that’s all anyone will see" I leaned close so I could whisper in her ear "Just a happy couple walking down the street--not people worried about being followed"