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“Originally, they wanted this oing to happen”

“Sure out what you’re doing, they’ll kill us both”

“That’s why I brought an Arer with me You’re there to watch my back”

Raven kept scanning “I was a er School They didn’t start alloomen in until after I had left the Army”

“I’m sure you would have passed”

Raven shrugged “We’ll never know Maybe they did me a favor This job pays a lot more”

“Your fee is definitely worth it if we’re successful”

A white ering in their direction, caught sight of Raven and , so Beth didn’t, either The man, as at least six inches taller and forty pounds heavier than either of the her pace despite his condition Beth could sin on his breath from three feet away

“Hey, baby,” he said to Raven, coirl like you all my life”

“To kick you in the crotch?” Raven asked withouta beat

The guy’s eyes ide “Hey, you’re American like me! I’m from Florida Name’s Fred What’s yours?”

“I guess you were too plastered to hear the crotch-kicking part You think you’re too drunk to feel it?”

“Now, is that any way to talk to a fellow country with telling a pretty girl that?”

“For one, I don’t care what you think And, two, that’s how I always talk to idiots”

He finally noticed Beth next to Raven and said, “Wow, you’re s hot, too If she’s not in the mood, maybe you and I can have some fun”