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He was silent for a long, tense moment and I saw his Adam’s apple dip as he sed hard
“Are you asking me to use you as bait? You want to me to throw you out there in an ocean of sharks when the water is already full of blood?”
I lifted my hands and pushed some ofat the gross carpet between our feet The toes of both of our boots were aled to take that little, tiny step closer so that ould be in each other’s space
“If I don’t testify against the rest of Novak’s guys, thenthe rest of s and I can’t let Conner pull apart what’s left of this place for no reason I need you to keep oing to have to use toyou’re going to have to give hi to know that not only are you looking for him but so are the feds”
Titus fell back a step and then started pacing again I could have sworn the white spot in his hair spread a little wider after ht in the filthy bed, I was less squea on it I flopped down and watched him as he prowled back and forth in front of me
“Oh, he has a reason for what he’s doing, I just don’t knohat it is yet” His eyes cut toback into WITSEC under the supervision of another marshal?”
I shookat the ceiling There was an unidentifiable stain I hadn’t noticed the day before Ugh I needed to get out of this place before I caught so
“No If I go back into hiding then you’ll lose any chance you have of getting Conner to show himself, plus I already told you that clean and shiny skin doesn’t fit ht I want to be here I need to be here” He would never understand that I felt like I not only owed it to Dovie after the way I hurt her, but I also owed it to the city The Point sucked and there were no redee qualities about it, but I felt that way about myself as well and I still wanted someone to save me, someone to love me The city and I were so similar I almost felt like I had to save it in order to saveTitus didn’t look like he was ready to jump on board with my plan anytime soon In fact he looked like he was about to pass out cold on his feet
“Did you sleep at all last night?” The question was et with him but the words just slipped out
He stopped pacing and his head dropped forward like it weighed a million pounds He lifted a hand to rub the back of his neck and his chest rose and fell in a huge sigh that sounded like it had the entire fate of the world inside of it
“No I was trying to figure out what to do with this Roark noise I wasnow that he knows you’re back in town I got hoot a callout about a dead hooker in the District It took me two hours to track down an ID on her When I went to notify her family I found out not only was sheout because her old amble and couldn’t hold down a job That kind of shit is et the chance”