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He clears the hurdle that is my resistance with the first touch of his lips My bodybut the feel of his hand on ht on his--hisin smooth, perfect movements of his mouth He disorients my world, captures my spirit, and heals a little ofto his, hands releasing rasping, unable to get enough
GO I push hi shoulders as we separate, his cloudy blue eyes concerned I breathe hard,to not look at his o"
He nods, stretching out his legs, pulling out a key ring and holding it out to "
A wave of relief floodshis keys "Thanks I owe you one" I graband turn, my escape stopped by his firly
He holds out a business card "The date Think about it My cell is on the card"
I hesitate, and then nod, grabbing the card and hopping out I round the bumper of the truck, flash a quick smile to Jere
Jereency now nosis echoed in his head She’s hiding fro It looked like she was running full force to tackle confrontation and eat it for dinner
He shouldn’t have given in, shouldn’t have handed over his vehicle in exchange for, of all things, a kiss But she had needed it, the urgency spilling out of her, panic interlaced with determination in her eyes Wherever she was headed, if it was fro, it was important It was certainlya ride hoainst asphalt as she left the parking lot and turned north, headed to parts unknown
CHAPTER 41
His truck is an F150 single-cab, which is meticulously clean and smells faintly of air freshener It has GPS, and I pull over at the first gas station I find and plug in the address for Ralph’s rented trailer It calculates that I am twelve hours and twenty-four as tank while I ae in my hands My hands sweat on thesensation against lance at my watch 5:47 pm More than a half hour spent outside of es had wracked , thefor sexy Jessica ould not appear The order caain Go
I steel h, gritty pave I need food for the road, and to use the restroom There is one car parked in front of the store, and one in a gas bay next to lass cooler doors Bodies thudding against tile floors I leaveto block out other thoughts, I centerelse
The door to the store swings open easily, exposing s and other food My eyes meet rows and rows of food I have been deprived of for three long years Soda I think otten the power of carbonation Chocolate Real, non-diet chocolate in the form of fifty-plus options Chips, Nuts, Twinkies Alcohol My lust for death disappears in the presence of such abundant decadence I grab iteI can hold I duary perfection on the counter, the dark-skinnedFanta, Cherry Coke, a Monster energy drink, and a Dr Pepper This is easily one of the greatest moments I have had in recenta white styrofoa the drinks into that, adding a few e s of ice, also Please"
He glares atto his store There is a flurry of fingers, clicking and register sounds "3286," he announces I pull out tenties and hand thee and slides it across the counter, before baggingthe iteun would be the best route to taking his life My knife wouldn’t reach across the wide counter "Have a nice day"
GO Annie
I call Mike fro the phone in the crook ofon the open road and in this strange vehicle I have only ever driven h school car--a ten-year old Honda Accord, which had belonged toup more than its fair share of the road
Mike answered on the third ring "Yo"
"It’s Jessica"
"What up chica?"
"I need to employ you for the next day How irl Lately you’ve been like the fking lottery What do you need done? It won’t take me all day, I’m sure"