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“You know I have ht as well just tel—wait a second Did you say Zach?”

Aw crap

“Your next-door neighbor’s name is Zach”

Really? Why the hell did Mark have to go and remember that?

“He’s a fucking outlaw biker, Toni Are you crazy? Do you have any idea how dangerous those guys can be?”

Are you trying to make the same mistake you made before?

He’d never say it, but the accusation hung heavily between them

“It’s nothing, Uncle Mark, seriously Barely a blip on onna co else?”

“Shit,Don’t think thatabout this, missy”

Toni laughed Mark always called herto ot the knack of parental lectures “Whatever you say, Mark Love you!”

He shouted, “You too!” into the phone, then disconnected But that wouldn’t be the end of it He was as tenacious as they came

Done with her call, Toni leaned against the door again and wished she could skip the walk to her room She was just that tired

A fewrumble of motorcycle pipes chased away her exhaustion and had the ache in her feet shifting to an ache between her legs

Zach

It was the earliest he’d been home in days

She could go to hi up under the strain of Maverick’s disappearance See if he’d rip her clothes off and take her in ten different ways before

“Ugh You’re pathetic,” she scolded herself

Pushing off the door, she walked across her living room and stared out theat Zach’s dark house After a few seconds, the light in Zach’s bedroo him where he stood

Toni gasped and jumped away from the

Did he see her?