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Whatever Quinn was saying had the softness that had enteredharder

“You don’t sound well Are you okay?”

The green of his eyes darkened as his brows furrowed and he stared sightlessly toward the back of the bar

My body tensed as I waited for the inevitable explosion that would follow Quinn confessing e had done the night before But as the seconds ticked by, Colt stayed where he was

“You’re so stubborn sorumbled “I wish you would just let me take care of those bitches once and for all, Quinn”

I wasn’t sure if I was relieved or disappointed when Colt just sat there, continuing his conversation with Quinn She was obviously not going to share our night together with her best friend

While I didn’t really want to kick my brother’s ass if he did find out and tried to start so had happened between us

I scrubbed my hands over my face and pushed back from the table, pissed at my own self for the unreasonable irritation I felt over the whole thing Great, one fuck with Quinn and I was suddenly turning into a das and shit

I needed to put distance between me and that female This run couldn’t have come at a better time

Chapter 11

Quinn

Deciding I was going to pack up and leave Creswell Springs was the easy part Actually doing it … not so h to cover the cost ofelse

Beforefro at Aggie’s when I was sixteen, and the tips had been decent enough—and I’d had no large bills to worry about—so I had been able to put s account

Afterhad completely disappeared Cancer was an expensive disease, and I had dipped into s repeatedly just to help her pay for her medications By the time she had passed away, I had been down toafter that, my old clunker of a car had joined her in the hereafter, and I’d had to buy a new one Between a car pay required, I hadn’t been able to start replacing the money that had once been in there

I was determined to leave as soon as possible, before I could talk etevery free ie’s was the key toa little extra in