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“Bravo” Anders clapped theatrically “Let’s see We have prostitution, a little hu and blackmail Which is why I keep such meticulous records” He waved a hand at the computer “You know, said that way, it sure does put the harassment complaint you came to bitch about way down at the bottos, doesn’t it?” He a cabinets “Of course, it would be harder to raphic ift when I enrolled in design school Little did he kno handy it would become”

Thank God Anders had an ego the size of the rand plan That he was sharing so evity, but at least the more the asshole talked, the more time Tony had to formulate an escape

The designer crossed to the desk and tapped the cover of Sylvie’s laptop “I wonder…” He stopped ht and took another step closer to Sylvie

The closer Anders came to her, the louder the blood roared in Tony’s ears

“One of the benefits of a photographic rapher’s assistant with a totally squeezable ass Or should I say an undercover cop with a totally squeezable ass…” As Anders turned to Tony, he slid a 9 millimeter Glock from

a shoulder holster hidden under his enta blazer, and held it casually at his side

“I’round out between his teeth “Not anymore”

Ignoring hi a child’s bedti hot it was the day I shot your partner Even the cats were sweating as they watched from the top of the du man to his knees in front ofout rabbed ht next to a large er on the trigger Not weeping No, he was too butch for that Just a single tear, like a brokenhearted girl in a sappy roed inside Tony “Then boom, his brains were splattered all over the asphalt”

Tony saw red Every tendon and ed for action, for the chance to rip Anders’s bones from his body and beat him senseless with his own fehtly drawn fists shook with long-denied wrath Thighs tense, ready to attack, he went deadly cold He es of air and his mind of distractions

He could h to kill the asshole before Marvin even realized as going down But then ould he do about Marvin? And if he went for the bodyguard first, he’d be taking a huge chance that Anders would shoot theet to him

All shitty options But they were the only ones he and Sylvie had

One target

One move

One outcome

The single click of a gun safety being released echoed off the bare ce around