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"Think you can handle a shot of whiskey?" Flynn asks

I nodback to sleep without it

"I'll be right back," he says as he stands up from the bed

Flynn had puth for me I mean it didn't have chains attached to it

I should feel coe of fear courses through me and I jump out of the bed "I'll come with you"

Flynn glances over his shoulder, again with another worried look, but then walks out of the room with me hot on his heels

I follow him into the kitchen and sit at the table, while he takes out two slasses and pours healthy shots of whiskey in each He sits at the table and picks up his glass, waiting for me to do the same

In the harsh fluorescent light of the kitchen, and away from the darkness ofa pair of sweatpants and that's all he's wearing

I kneas a big guy, but without his shirt on, I can definitely appreciate that this big guy clearly works out He has a beautifully artistic cut to his muscles well-defined ripples but not a bulked-up, steroid look

I'm not interested but I'm not dead either

"Here's to a drealass in toast As his arm reaches out, I notice a tattoo inked onto the inside of his bicep It says, "Se

Like I said I'm not interested

I clinkin the burn as it slides downmy stomach in a warm puddle Flynn follows suit and downs his drink

I don't even wait for hilass back down before I pick up the bottle, finally noticing the brand

Jameson's Good choice

I pour twothis time

I pick up the glass without waiting for him and shoot it back just as fast

Flynn doesn't touch his though and just stares at me "Want to talk about it?"

I runanother, but I' of a talker, and I can only assume the whiskey has loosened me up because I'm absolutely surprised by myself when I answer him

"I drea to escape, but then Juice caught ht?"

Flynn picks up his glass and takes a healthy s Looking at me over the rih"

I can't help myself I'm always on the defensive "And you want to know all the sordid details, right?"

Setting his glass down and pushing it away, Flynn looks at aze to the table "Rowan I could care less if you tell me the details If you want to, I'll listen and be a friend to you If you want to take the story to your grave, I'll respect it I'"

God, he sounds so sincere I want to believe hi ine it's because he saved my life

And he helped me find Capone

And he gave ht

But I don't easily trust and I just don't have it in me to share much more So instead, I remain quiet and I pour myself one more shot of the amber liquid that beckons from the bottle before me I'm sure he takes my silence as the subject is closed

"Let's talk about so that's actually a bit more important," Flynn says

I look at him in surprise "What's that?"

"What your future holds I' to happen to you"

His words are sweet and they warhtly, but I brush them off Rule number one I learned when I arrived in New York never depend on anyone else but yourself

"I appreciate the sentiment, but I can take care of myself It's not your place to worry about me"