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He swore “What’s going on, Reeve?”

I twisted a piece of hair around o talk to Nassir I can’t keep hiding out in this condo Conner needs his hand forced and the only way to do that is if he can get toto see if Nassir will put a as it lures Conner out into the open”

I expected an iument I expected him to yell and to blow his top I expected him to question my sanity and whether or not I had a death wish Instead he swore softly and asked, “You’re going to strip at Spanky’s?”

I was telling hi to put myself directly in the line of fire and he orried about hed “No I have no rhythers Plus G-strings go where no article of clothing should ever go I’ll ask hiure that part out later You aren’t mad?”

He sighed “I don’t love the idea It leaves you really exposed”

“You understand that if Nassir gets a shot at Conner, he isn’t going to sit him down and have a drink while he waits for you to show up and cart hiht?”

“I know exactly how Nassir works, Reeve I knohat’ll happen if he gets close enough to Roark to do any kind of dae”

I breathed out “Okay”

He grunted and I heard what sounded like soured he must have retreated to his car so we could talk

“I gotta go A junkie broke into a bank and tried to rob it with an assault rifle It didn’t end well”

Good Lord, his job was disheartening I don’t kno he did it day after day I let loose the hair I was playing with and tucked it behind et home in one piece so I can take care of you”

“No one has ever wanted to take care ofcareful all the more important For you too Stay safe”

He hung up the phone and I couldn’t believe the amount of relief that washed over me Honesty like that was unheard of in ht about how deceitful I had been with hi a ed me into his office Maybe I needed to come clean about it all, tell hi out a badthat made sense to inning now that I knew I couldn’t go through with it I didn’t want to be a killer I wanted to be soe of ainst the center ofI wanted so badly and be prepared to mess it all up in the next heartbeat

I fancied irls that Nassir put to work, and none of the to sneeze at Sure,part of the Point, but under that they were all stunning, like Keelyn She ht have man-made boobs and an attitude that even a rabid hyena would be afraid of, but there was no denying she was a stunner and that ured it wouldn’t hurt to throw a little sex appeal Nassir’s hile I was asking him to keep me alive