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“Oh yeah, how's that gonna happen?”

“I have a line on so”

Snips looked at his goon and cocked his head toward Josie “Sounds just like her no-nuts brother, doesn't she?”

Josie dug her fingernails into her pal back at him “If you'll just hear me out—”

“Unless you have the full forty K, the only offer I want to hear from you involves you naked and bent over”

A shadow fell over the table and a hand landed on her shoulder, yanking her back

“That's no way to talk to a lady unless you're not too fond of your teeth” Saled his body so he stood between her and Snips

“Who the fuck are you?” The no-neckover Sam, who, at six feet, wasn't exactly a shrimp

“I'uy who's about to teach you two some manners” Sam puffed his chest out and took a step forward “Who wants the first lesson?”

This would not turn out well As pissed as she was at Sam, she didn't want him to end up with a permanent limp because of his misplaced sense of propriety She whipped around her self-appointed knight and found herself nose-to-sternuoon

“Everybody cal Sam back a few paces “This is not the ti I need is to lose this job too”

“Josie—”

“Can it, Sarin “And you aren't going to get any money if I don't have a job So everybody chill out”

Frustration vibrated off of Sa about the reason why, she twisted her fingers between his and held tight He returned her squeeze and together they stared down Snips and his enforcer until the loan shark shrugged as if their wall of defiance wasn't worth getting upset over

“Whatever” Snips stood up and adjusted the collar of his track suit, sticking out his pinky finger so the gold ri