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Her nostrils flared

“Nobody uses Talia Jackson,” she hissed “I talked to Marsh I knohat happened, and I swear to God, you’ll pay for what you did All of you will pay!”

“Whatever,” I said, turning back toward the bar With a screech she ju both arh thatcunt I elbowed her and she dropped as I spun to face her

“Jesus!” someone shouted “Call the cops!”

Great, exactly what I needed

“Talia, don’t be an idiot,” I told her, thankful that I hadwith feht me and you have no place here”

“This is ets back—”

“Marsh isn’t co a close eye on her, I opened it and pulled out five hundred-dollar bills, holding the—there’s no reason this needs to be your life”

She snatched thewhore you can pay off I’ll make you pay I’ll , you hear ot a stick up her ass so high that—”

A siren blipped, and we both looked up to see a cop car pulling up to the curb Talia’s eyes widened, and then she took off running I stared after her, sighing heavily

Tinker doesn’t deserve this

Fuck

The saot out of the car, looking after Talia as she ran Then he glanced at ed

“We have a proble over my MC colors nervously We knew the local police were in bed with the Nighthawks, but I wasn’t a hundred percent sure that they knew about the shift of power I shook my head

“She’s pissed that I’irl inside—Tinker Garrett—and when I hauled her out, she attackedlot”

“That’s true,” sole of watchers

“She went crazy,” a wo on video if you want to see it”

The cop shot me another look, then walked over to the woman, to take a look at the phone I heard the faint, tinny sounds of the video as he watched The recording ended, and he glanced back toward me

“I’ll need to talk to the folks inside, and get a statement from everyone,” he said

“I’es”

“We’re not at that point yet,” he replied, eyes darting toward the Reapers patches on o find Tinker and take it from there”

He gestured for me to precede him into the bar, so I turned and walked back inside, all too aware there was an arood position Then I stopped, because Tinker wasn’t at the table, just a stack of bills to cover our dinner