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So overwhelmed by the behemoth of a sandwich, I’d overlooked the macaroni salad she’d neatly scooped into a bowl for me I shoved a forkful in my mouth “You’re the best damn cook”

“It’s hardly cooking”

“Don’t care” I slathered the horseradish mayo on one corner of my sandwich “You’re the best”

She watched ether But it was a comfortable, easy silence

Finally, I sat back “Thank you”

“There’s ry”

“I’o next

“What happened?” she asked

“Today?”

“All of it” Her steady gaze drilled into me Fearless Juliet wanted the truth, no matter what

So, I told her all of it Frohts’ plan to the container full of cocaine the cops caught e in lawyers,me the bike All of it

Juliet absorbed the story in silence until I purged every last piece

“Thank you for trusting me”

All of Dex and Ulfric’s warnings to “keep women out of club business” returned but I didn’t care This woman had my back unlike any other person I’d ever known Her loyalty deserved truth from me “I trust you more than I’ve ever been able to trust anyone, Juliet”

She chewed on her bottom lip “Is Dex…is that what his club is involved with, too? Drugs?”

“I don’t think so, but I’ve never directly asked The job he hookedup bikes”

“Or so he said,” she muttered

I huffed a quick laugh She had a point

“Who hired the lawyer for you?” she asked

“Dex’s club or maybe both clubs did once they kneouldn’t snitch? I didn’t get to ask Everything happened so fast Barry said it was a family friend I assumed it was you at first”

“Why didn’t you tell the cops the truth? You weren’t involved”