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“Just stick to what you do best and leave the real work to me”

She sucked in another breath, blue eyes blazing with fire Before she could coue of hers, Ion my ass

“What the fuck is wrong with you? I’et is grief What more do you want?”

Her eyes blazing, she spat back atthe fucks who did this to Ma instead of shitting all over the rest of us Or drinking yourself into a coma day in or day out”

I growled, “Oh, you think I have an attitude probleue of yours? Or Cal, who can’t get his head out of his ass to pay attention to any of us? There isn’t one of you pulling the load I have since Ma’s been in the hospital”

With one final shake of her head and a kiss for Sadie, she snarled, “Fuck you, Jasper Asshole” And walked out of the rooil

“Real shed and shook his head

I shrugged “Fuck her She was out of line, and I’m sick of her shit You think I don’t want to be here, checking on Sadie every damn day? I do, but so”

Virgil stood and wandered to the other side of the roohtfully

Kat was thethe victis were hurt If anyone outside the family hurt her, I would make them hurt ten times worse, but it was hen her up

My thoughts ran along that line for a long minute and then I had a picture of our fa and hoere now

Yeah, ere a contentious bunch, but not like now These days I worried ere coht not hold it together Instead of uniting in our grief and our fear, ere eating each other alive These fucks had better get it together, I said tomy family I needed a shot of Velvet Fire to cool downlook