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“Yeah, sure you did,” sneered Colin, just as I glanced to hi but malice “We kno you operate!”

I pushed… hard Hunter went sprawling away from me, just as I took a step back to put some distance between us Fraternity brothers or not, I was all through being nice In fact—

All of a sudden Colin’s face cracked into a s

“Holy shit,” Hunter swore at him, totally incredulous “Why the fuck did you do that? We had him!”

I stepped back again, wholly confused They were both laughing now Neither one of the at

“We’rewith you bro,” Hunter finally adht Including her sleeping in your bed… alone”

Relief crashed through h My first workout of the

“Next ti for the pot with the dark stuff in it I poured et yourself killed otherwise”

“Yeah right,” Colin said, cracking his knuckles His fading sh He knew the truth

I glanced out the , and saw that Claudia’s car was gone “So where is she?”

“She ran horab some clothes”

“And you let her go by herself?”

“Relax big guy Her ex works a double shift today He’ll be gone by the tiets there We made her promise she’d turn around if he wasn’t”

It ht be true, but I still didn’t like it I wished soone with her, especially after the condition she’d arrived in last night Still, Colin had swi And Hunter had—

“She’s coht,” Colin said “We invited her to stay another evening”