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"If she likes the to catch on

"No, I mean, do you"

"If you want to askhim a bored look

"Alright Well, do you eat pussy?"

"No"

"Well, you get why I ask"

"Actually, why don't you explain to ested, tone cool

"It's just that you never bring anyone home"

Right

Home

To an old bar turned clubhouse full of outlaw bikers

That wouldn't be a

Though, to be clear, the bar was badass There had been a lot of choices in Navesink Bank for buildings I could have chosen Objectively, all the otherswarehouses or even an abandoned little strip mall Places that would have had a lotout

But when I'd seen the bar, I kneas the only clear choice First, because bikers belonged in bars Second, because I figured, as we established ourselves itiht it with its—insanely expensive—liquor license, which was hard to cos, but the gun running business was thriving I'd needed to live on a tight budget for aluys what I owed the back up

And, eventually, if we opened the bar, we'd be rolling in it, while also being able to wash our illegally obtained money

There were only a couple bars in town One was at the back of a liquor store, and catered to old men and just about no one else Then there was Chaz's which was the main town bar It also happened to be owned by the Mallick fa a dozen other businesses—to wash the

The competition was low

And if we could offer so different than they did, we could really have so for us

I hadn't shared that plan with o to play my cards close to my vest Not because I didn't trustI learned aboutchatty as women Whichplans for the bar before I even had any plans to open it By the tis into the works, they would all have opinions, and would be all butt-hurt when I didn't go with their ideas