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“It’s taken care of already They’ll be here tomorrow”

“What? Seriously? How is that even possible?” Izzy’s face lit up “It’s end of day”

“Rocket is a contractor”

Rocket, as just e full of broken glass slung over his shoulder, must have heard his name “What’s up, brother? You need me?” He stopped a few feet from them “Hey, Iz, sorry about all this shit”

They all called her Iz and freaking loved her and accepted her as one of the crew It was a slippery slope

“Thanks, Rocket It sucks”—she shrugged—“but it is what it is I appreciate you guys dropping everything to take care of this for me”

“I was just telling her about the s” Jig tightened his hold across her shoulders and tucked her to his side She gave hi like a lovesickto hide her from every male in town

“Oh, yeah” Rocket adjusted the hold of the bag “Let me throw this heavy fucker away first” He strode toward the duave ot here and took soet them to me tomorrow It’ll probably be pretty late in the day so we ed “Still pretty good turnover”

“Pretty good? That’s aht I’d be less for weeks” She broke free fro’s hold and threw her ar that”

Rocket shot Jig a shit-eating grin that had hi her just a little too tight for a little too long, Rocket said, “Nothing more than a few phone calls, babe”

And that was about enough of that Jig snagged her by the elbow and pulled her back against his chest, wrapping his ar herself settle against him

“Give us an hour, and we’ll have et out of our hair,” Jig said against her ear The short hairs on the shaved side of her head tickled his face

“Our hair?”