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I hated this life

I hated it

I hated ht now

And twenty ed, and it began This tiot the information he needed because we’d need collateral to hold over both Claudia and the client, but instead of Jake and Cavers having to go and be creepers, they helped us carry everything inside this giant house

I chose the room in the far corner, the one that had a balcony, and I stayed in it the rest of the night

There was a slight knock, and my door eased open

I kneho’d be standing there

I was starting to sense his presence, or his lack of presence—the co huhost, just in a body

“Why did you choose this life?” Raize asked

I sat in the corner, since there was no furniture, and I could see out theBut no one could see me since the room was dark It looked so peaceful out there We were in a norhborhood This was a five-thousand-square-foot house, with a pool in the backyard This should’ve been someone’s dream home It could’ve been mine, in another life

Those neighbors out there were probably bankers Theycould be an event No Chaned for a hobby And noere right next to them

Raize wanted to go soht away, and once they did, theyto e

He’d kept the light off, so he was just a shadow standing a other shadows

“What do you mean?” I asked

“I did my research I kneho you were, what you could do, before I won you in that gaame”

I’d never thought about it, but I realized he hadn’t gone to another poker gaht

“Why?” None of that made sense Why seek me out?

“A girl whose gut is always right? You’re a weapon in living form in this life You’re more reliable than an actual psychic and less work than a lie detector You save tiot nothing The first ht a new blonde froirls fro for them You were neither Russian nor a junkie Korkov isn’t into randoirls, so that made me think you made the decision Why?”