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I griritted my teeth
“I don’t really like talking about the to ward her off “They’re not theGiven your background, I doubt you’d approve…”
“Organized cri my eyes I hoped the possibility wasn’t a deal-breaker She wasn’t the kind of woot her all to himself
“Let’s just say s in Hell’s Kitchen and leave it at that”
“There are legitimate businesses there, but say no anized her work station “I have a pretty good idea of what you mean”
“Hope that doesn’t change things,” I said, watching her face for a reaction
She closed her eyes and shook her head “Not at all,” she said and finally turned tomine “I know it’s possible to escape the influences of your parents, whether good or bad Take my brother, for example,” she said and I could hear a note of sadness in her voice “He went the opposite way of my father If there was a rule? He aimed to break it”
I nodded in return and relaxed a bit, co side of the laishing I didn’t have my uncle’s skeletons inthat Miranda’s family were all law and order types My uncle was neck-deep in the Irish Mafia and I could only guess how many bodies were buried sos That they were using my father’s business to launder o out One day, I’d get the business back and then I’d clean it up and make it what my father meant it to be
“Do you have any days off this week?” I asked, hoping we could spend h that would be enough if that was all I could get
“Tomorrow,” she said “After I do daily cash, I don’t work at all”
I sat up straighter “I just so happen to have the day off, too,” I said with a grin “Why don’t we pack a lunch and take the bike over to the pier and soak up so”
“Sounds fabulous, but maybe we should ride further up the island,” she said, her voice a bit hesitant
“Sure, anything you want,” I said, wondering why she was hesitating “It’s just that I like to watch the ships going out and co back in”
She ulars around here I’d rather go somewhere a bit more private You understand”
It was then I did understand Of course She didn’t want anyone who knew Dan and his parents to see her with soe man