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“You’ve gotta be Roman” Remy stuck out his hand The dimples in his cheeks disappeared “Thanks for lookin’ out for my boy”

“He’s the one who looked out forhis hand

“Griff said you’re a natural fighter”

I shrugged off the co I was proud of Nor was it so I wanted to discuss in front of Juliet

Eraser joined us with two other guys at his side “So glad you two could , then embraced Juliet

She s”

Eraser nodded and slowly looked around “Needs a lot of work But we’ll get it back to what it used to be” He turned and slapped the guy on his right “This is my cousin Torch,” Eraser introduced

I leaned in and shook his hand Did he get that nicknaht up on his head, or some other reason? “Hey”

“Andan Elvis-worthy jet-black pompadour and an arm covered in a full sleeve of tattoos

I wanted to ask if Ella was here too, but if she wasn’t, it was probably a sore topic and I didn’t want to bum Eraser out today

After all the introductions, Eraser walked us over to a glossy-white Chevy Camaro with black rims I wasn’t as well-versed in cars as he was, but he explained ere looking at withoutus feel dumb

“It’s a ’68 Custom paint My uncle dropped a small-block V8 in it last summer Runs like a dream”

“It’s incredible,” Juliet said, peering inside at the black leather interior “But it doesn’t look that old”

Eraser’s mouth twitched “He updated it with all modern equipment Not another vehicle like it out there”

I uys did but that must’ve cost a fortune

He walked us toward a row of vehicles, explaining different things about each one I squeezed Juliet closer “Sorry if this is boring”

“Not at all” She beamed “I never knew you could do so much with old cars They’re really beautiful”

“See one you like?” Eraser asked

“Honestly, that Mustang we parked next to was really neat,” she answered quickly

Spoons patted his hand against his chest “Girl after my own heart That’s my ride”

“Careful, Ro and you’ll spend your weekends co for parts and panels with the rest of us”

“Roood at it”

“Easy, butterfly” I loved that she had so much faith in me but I kneasn’t near this level of coines isn’t the sa a car”