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A buzzing sound caughtfroirl

The door was partially open Inside was a girl with long, straight red hair straddling a low-backed chair King sat behind her, but it was nothing like the scene froloves He held a buzzing tattoo gun that every so often, he would dip into a s on with his work

A ht blue eyes sat in the corner, reading a GUNS AND AMMO htly tapped his foot to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song playing over the speakers

Not knowing how King would feel abouthim work, I turned to leave, but he stopped me “Pup, I need more paper towels”

I turned back around The blonde’s eyes were onhadn’t looked up

“Me?” I asked, unsure if King was talking to me or if he called everyone Pup

“Yes, you Unless I’ tells me he wouldn’t like it all that much”

The ht-faced with no readable e her ear buds back in and closing her eyes

“On the counter,” King added impatiently

I looked over to the corner of the roorabbed the them on the small table next to hiain

“Stay,” he ordered Unfolding a piece of towel, he sprayed the girl’s back with the liquid from a plastic water bottle and then wiped at the tattoo until he see froes of the plastic with gauze tape King tapped on the girl’s shoulders and she again removed her ear buds “You can take the plastic off tomorrow Keep it clean”

“Always do,” she said

I hadn’t seen Jake stand up, but suddenly, he was next to the redhead, helping her up off the chair

“My feet always fall asleep when I’ tattooed,” she explained to me She leaned forward onto the blond man for a few moments until she was able to stand up on her own

I got a brief glimpse of the new ink on her back It was a tree, a delicate yet bold orange tree at sunset The leaves spelled out Georgia through the es were falling from the branches

It was heart-breakingly beautiful

They both edding bands, so I assu at her neork, he reached behind her and released the clip that held up her shirt, rearranging it until she was covered