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“No,” Justice replied “I wish I had chosen soh”

I choked on a tomato

Jackson turned his mutinous eyes toward me

“Where’s your girl?” he asked

I reached for ”

“What does she do?” he pushes

I didn’t want to answer him

But I couldn’t see why it would

“She works for so,” I answered

I, of course, knew more than that

But I didn’t want hi I didn’t want hiht into her

“Sounds…inconsequential,” he said, eyeing his wife now

I looked over at his wife to see her staring atclose to worry on her face

“Is she an editor?” the woman asked

I shrugged “I don’t know She works with a bunch of different authors Never asked what it was she did exactly”

Total lies

I knew that she was the woman behind the scenes She didn’t edit for the authors, but she did take the books and format them She also helped promote the authors that she worked with

There was a whole lot of details in her job, and I tried to listen when she went in-depth, but honestly, it was a lot to take in

“I’ll have to see about getting her name,” the woman replied “I write under the pseudonym ‘Peach Jones’ It’s fun to hear that someone around here is in the same little book community as me”

I would have to remember to write the name down after Jackson left

The little one beyond uncoory

“I’o? I have to go by the bank to deposit my check”

I gave a jerk ofthe rest ofit into my mouth

It was about two bites worth, so all I did as I was leaving ave at Jackson and his wife

When we finally got out to the bikes, Justice looked at me with a new respect

“I gotta say,” he said “I’ve heard a lot about Jackson from a couple of other cops I’ as you did with hi to deal with his shit anymore His eyes creeped me the fuck out”