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She lifted his face The horror in his eyes frightened her “What’s going on?”
“Now’s not the time But soon, I’ll tell you I’m capable of shit that’ll turn your stomach Ardy I knew that when I asked you to co with a man like me” His hands shook a little
“You’re scaring me”
“You should be” His serious tone painted violent depictions of violence and gore in her mind Streets ran red with blood and bodies littered the pavenorant to what he did People who lived by the gun, usually died by theh as shit
“For a long tiht was survival So, when I say I lived like an animal, I mean that”
The sound of little feet on wooden floors killed the moet breakfast going” A shutter came down over his face as he stepped away
Arty wondered if he revealedherself to return to cooking, she vowed to find out ic dictated it ht not be the wisest course She loved Rocket and Harley, but this was about more than that The more Demon showed her of Jonah The harder she fell He spent his days saving others How could she walk away fro so fierce?
On route, she co up fruit for a salad With the kids up, they’d have to play nice, but that didn’t et her pound of flesh She’d never been the type to back dohen it was truly important and it was clear Ms Gia needed to be put in her place She ran a business with D and one thing Ardy understood was you didn’t fuck up money flow She wouldn’t be that wo a President’s old lady required so when necessary Common sense told her that There were certain woh on that totem pole
“Good , Ardy”
The sound of Rocket’s voice took away the irritation and she bent to receive his hug “Morning Rocket, did you have a good sleep?”
“Yep I like it out here I told Dad how you took us to the river and we skipped stones and saw the big fat toad” He burst into giggles that put a vice grip on her heart
How had this little boy come to mean so much to her so soon?
“Yeah, it sounds like you guys have been having all the fun without me,” D said
Rocket glanced over his shoulder “Don’t worry Dad, you can coht, Ardy?”
“Absolutely Why don’t you and your Dad go watch soether and wake up Harley?”