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A couple walks by holding hands, and erous A wo the hand of a crying toddler with the other—an obvious enemy in my paranoid mind

Liesel steps out of the car, her eyes scanning just likefor the devil inside every person alks by

Another door slah the auto any fear she has

Liesel and I exchange a glance wordlessly, and then alk inside

“Do you still have a gun?” I ask

She nods

“Good girl”

She rolls her eyes “That’s not going to work You can’t seduce irl’”

“I’d bet everything I own that your panties are wet right now” I wink at her

Her ears pink, and I know I’ht

We hit the lobby floor, and our flirting stops People are e, the bar People walk briskly past us and danger could be anywhere

“Stay close,” I order

She nods, walking next to es from the bar with a dry martini in her hand as she settles into a walk on my left

“Don’t leave ain, Dunn”

Both wo Phoenix, ‘Dunn’