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With a loud sigh, he stood back and motioned me inside the bat cave I looked down attheers into my Juicies and eased ained, I crossed his carpet straight to his kitchen cabinets, flipping light switches along the way

"Do you have any idea what time it is?" he asked

"Not especially Where are your over-the-counter drugs?" I’d recently developed a headache Possibly when I hit that telephone pole on the way over

Garrett’s bachelor pad was much tidier than I’d expected Lots of tans and blacks I ru stash Instead I found glasses Plates Bowls Okay

He stopped short behind h to glower "You can’t be this slow"

He did that thing where he pinched the bridge of his nose with his thuave me a chance to size hi his jaw also in need of a triod!" I said, throwing ainst the counter

"What?"

"You’re naked"

"I’ pants"

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He shifted his stance in impatience "Would you like me to put on a shirt?"

"Too late Scarred for life" I had to tease hi I went back to scouring his cabinets

"Seriously, what are you looking for?"

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"But you’re a bond enforceether "What the hell does that mean?"

"Come on, Swopes," I said,dealers when you’re not watching Debbie Does Dallas You have access to all kinds of drugs You can’t tell me you don’t pocket a little crack here, a few prescription-strength Motrin there"

After scrubbing his face with his fingers, he strolled to a s room table, pulled out a chair, and sat down "Isn’t your sister a psychiatrist?"