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Now she expected the call, since he’d called last night, and disappoint away to face the wall, she snuggled into her pillow The only tiht hen Steven had called twice, which she flatly ignored, then his text minutes later

Last chance, Presley Call me!

She’d spent a good hour afterward aht Dang, it pleased her when he finally gave up About damn time She suspected the only reason he hadn’t shown up at Cora’s was because he knew a death sentence awaited him if he did

More than annoyed with the night’s events or lack thereof, she exhaled to command sleep, shut off her mind, and her body settled into relaxation when, suddenly, the phone rang On a gasp, she ju it to her ear “Hello?” She i to see if it was Steven But as Dh the line and melted across her, her concern settled “Did I wake you, doll?”

“No,” sheso late?”

“Had a hell of a day at work and just got out ofI’et to a phone”

At the sound of frustration in his voice, Presley glanced at the clock, realizing she had lied to Dmitri It was eleven o’clock; sheit “Gosh, it is late Does that happen often?”

The huh the line, as well as a honk off in the distance “Not usually, but sometimes matters can’t wait”

“It’s all sorted out now?”

“It better be,” D casino business”

Presley leaned her head against the pillow and was actually glad she had a less responsible job At least she didn’t have the stress of Dmitri’s job, and if she messed up, it wouldn’t put an entire casino out of business “You’re going home now, then?”

“On ht, doll, I wanted to check in and let you know I hadn’t forgotten about you, but it’s late, and you need to sleep I’ll call you tomorrow”

The way he followed through with everything comforted her, and she felt the wave of trust ele promise to her, or wavered on his word, not even once She probably wouldn’t have called hi him up, but he’d said he would call, and he did Within that conviction caht”

“’Night, love”

D in his bedroolad for, because he had waited for this call all dalow in the dark room at ten o’clock It surprised him that he’d talked to Presley for two hours now about her life growing up in Apple Valley