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d been and the man he’d instantly become His face was as hard as stone His jaas set, teeth clenched “Sure, I’ll be happy to con the receipt Thanks”

He returned the phone to the cradle and studied her for a long ti way”

“What do you mean?”

“The bartender can’t close out nature” His response was slow and calculated “I need to go sign I’m sure he’ll provide some information, too What do you think?”

“They’ve never had a proble it before” She wanted to tell him it was a trap Tony’sthe bartender If the bartender had suspected anything at all, he could have been bought for a price

“Frequent this place, do you?”

“No”

He went to the wet bar, retrieved the keycard, and returned to the sofa where she’d reclaio down there?”

“Yeah Don’t go”

Nicholas bought hiroup text Have a sexy wo is up I’ve been ordered downstairs to settle up a tab Not looking too good here, fellas Before I brought the little lady upstairs, I noticed six bouncer-types scouring the club They were looking for Sable I’m sure of it

Immediately, Mac fired back with You’re one lucky son-of-a-bitch I happen to be in the area In the parking lot as a ured when I didn’t hear from ya, you’d found the kind of trouble you couldn’t handle Meet ya in the bar

Gotcha

Nicholas waited another minute, flushed the toilet, washed his hands, and reentered the suite “Sable?”

He walked in the adjoining bedroom and master bath She wasn’t there That’s when he rushed back to the living rooht away