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Viper grimaced “I’ve straddled h cold weather

“First iht correct that impression It’d make my holiday much easier”

“With the woo”

Viper shrugged “Nothing I can’t handle if you stay”

Hennessy cracked the first siven since he’d come to the club “Me either”

Chapter 6

“So, you thinking of staying?”

Hennessy thought Viper’s question over If Viper needed his answer today, he was going to be blunt There was no reason for hi around the club when theis Arin visiting Jewell? I wouldn’t want to leave until I gave a better impression of myself”

“She’s here until the twenty-sixth”

“Core and I can work until the twenty-seventh, which gives us enough time to make it to Florida for the job”

“Do I want to knohat it is?”

“Probably not, but I wasn’t going to tell you anyway”

Viper shrugged “I’m cool with that”

“I’,” Winter cautioned

The dawning awareness that Winter was fir back in his chair “I plan to be a perfect gentleain when I’”

“Are you going to throw Moon off the porch again?”

“He told you?”

“Yes Moon told Viper and ot back He showed us where he landed You must have missed the bypass for Christmas spirit”

“I’ve just as much Christmas spirit as Moon did when he toldus inside”

Stirring her coffee, she tried to excuse Moon’s behavior “He was just joking”

“Then I guess I had the last laugh”

Winter angrily stood as Viper, otherat Moon’s expense

“I would wish you good luck with Arin, but that would be useless I have faith that she’ll put you exactly where you belong”

Daer?

“Don’t need luck when ood looks are all I need”