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‘Yeah, right’ Jack arator by the second ‘She deserved it Turning me down like she did I’d have been a fool not to take the opportunity to pay her back’

‘So you slipped away from the others and followed her?’

‘Yeah She’s complained about ave her a bit of a scare If I’d been that desperate I’d have found myself a woin-type like her’ He gave a conte ‘Man, what a turn-off she is But she owedto her’

How could he not have believed Sadie? Drax was torn between a need to walk—no, run froe urge to grab Jack by the throat and tell hiht of hi and ask pleasantly, ‘What do youto her?’

Jack Logan grimaced ‘She turned me down and made me look a fool, so it was payback time Come on, mate, you must knohat it’s all about when a woman acts that way’

‘What way do you mean?’ Drax asked

‘You know She made out that I was some kind of pervert just because I made a bit of a play for her, and threatened to coht I’d pay her back for it’

‘Frighten her, you mean?’ It was an effort for Drax to keep his voice empty of emotion and to offer Jack a small, man-to-man conspiratorial smile

Jack was starting to relax This was a man’s man, he could tell—the type who understood what life was all about

‘Yeah, that’s right Okay, so I grabbed hold of her and touched her up a bit If she’s fool enough todeal of it then that’s her probleuilty as hell if they get themselves raped?’

Drax decided he would very an limb from limb and throw his body to the d

esert vultures to pick clean But of course he could do no such thing

‘Thank you for your tian,’ he said distantly ‘You will now be escorted back to your plane’

Jack stood up and gave hirin

‘Great—I’ve got one of those pretty little trolley dollies all set up, ready and waiting to go’