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An hour laterme alone with a piece of shit air conditioner that should’ve been put out of itswas three stories tall, with a fake facade and a black tar roof that had to be at least a thousand degrees, maybe more Either way, it was so hot thatmy favorite pair of jeans

Christ, but I was a moron

Yes, I needed cover to stay in Hallies Falls, and the thought of working for Tinker Garrett appealed greatly But there were less co myself alive on a roof that screa AC unit wasn’t ether with duct tape—okay, that wasn’t entirely fairsoure out how it’d kept running this long My best theory was animal sacrifice I’d found five dead squirrels inside Little fuckers had chewed through the wiring, probably in some kind of satanic ritual

Now their fluffy little corpses had bloated in the sun—just waiting to explode all over h I needed to cut et the fuck out of there Life was too damned short

“Hey there”

I turned to find Tinker stepping out onto the roof fro in her cropped jeans with the cuffs rolled up She’d tied a red bandanna around her head, and with her fitted shirt and generous curves she looked just like a Harley pinup girl

A pinup girl carrying a tall glass of iced tea

“Thought you could use a drink,” she said, raising a hand to shade her eyes fro down half of it in one s, then considered pouring the rest of it over her boobs, because God made those tits to be seen and appreciated

Instead I thanked her

“So how’s the AC looking?” she asked, catching her botto on it mournfully

“Squirrels ate your wiring,” I said bluntly “I can probably get it running again, but it needs to be replaced”

“It’s August already,” she replied, sighing heavily A better ive a shit about her AC I was too busy i my cock, because what can I say? I’ve always been a si for another couple weeks? That’ll give ure out what to do”

Christ I wanted to fuck her Seriously, it was like the bitch had been ether but just a little dirty

Sweaty

Sh I could control her every move if I wanted to, but lush and soft and—

Opt out, asshole You don’t want a coed your mind about the job

“I’ll need to get some parts in Omak,” I said instead “I already called to check Trip should take an hour and a half, er, which ht to finish the repair Assuot the job, that is”