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to settle in Spokane was buy a house I’d been saving ht the next house on the road I felt like things were on the right track Noe’re in Vegas for who kno long

Depositingnook, I lih the bedroo have one but the lingering ache re with a baseball bat Stripping off the clothes I’ve been wearing for the last couple of days I shudder I hate being dirty It’s fucking gross, but apparently if I leave the will oing to be a new experience I’ve been doing my own laundry since I was five

Turning on the taps, I step into the glass enclosure, the cold water is a shock but refreshing and quickly warms to a comfortable temperature The shower is to die for Not really, obviously, but pretty da I’ve had anywhere I’ve ever lived This, I could get used to I guess being in thecri a shower like this to co about all the hacking I’ve done since we started K&S… not exactly legal

As er under the delicious spray I’ to eat Decent coiven up on that concept There’s never anyone decent, and in a city with Vegas’ reputation, I expect decency is a virtue that ht be even harder to find

Throwing on so, I lock up behind myself and take the private elevator down to theto share the elevator is a nice perk too I can’t help but appreciate the luxury that Luet on ular basis I’uy, with sih, and it wouldn’t hurt to have so for too much

But first, I need that drink My knee throbs painfully inside my jeans The doctor in Spokane told me I should stay off it as much as possible for a couple of weeks afterwith a terrified Faye She’s a little bitty thing, but she sure got the best of ht lie and take a seat at the end of the long, polished bar where I’ on around me

The bar is classy, like everything else I’ve seen in Xavier’s place of business, all dark woods, butter-soft leather, and audy anywhere, unlike the city bustling around outside Even the waitresses are understated in their simple black dresses and heels

After a coet the drink that I’ve practically been drealy-coh-backed leather bar chair, I inhale the sharp aro the heat as it slides down h ht nohere that I rateful for the chance to decompress for a while

Taking another sip of the liquid awesoh It’s been a shit-ass week and since the Feds are involved noe’re sticking around for a while, who knohat the upco it’s not too much of a shitshow

I’o of the vibrating energy that has been fueling ers co, I can see al my head a little All the booths and tables and back into the kitchen area beyond the bar It looks like a full kitchen, and I recall that on the other side it connects to the café I gesture to the goth-looking bartender for another round, and when she lifts her chin, letting me know that she sees me, I s the last of the amber liquid and return tome

Behind the bar, just inside the kitchen, a heavysetover a petite wo dark brown ponytail falls to the center of her back The short black dress, shiny hose and sexy as fuck, skyscraper heels draw s I can’t help oodness of wos and a nice ass as uy

She shifts uneasily on her heels Either her feet hurt, or it’s theher unco to her, but his rough hand gestures and the angry scowl on his face tellI need to know It’s him I can’t see her face; she is ned disinterest, onlyin front of me