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st my lips; my fingers dug into

of desire was too hard to resist unti

you two!" Howa

; I sidestepped easily. The idiot stumbled like a clumsy drunk

ro

d in alarm, reaching

sbelief. "Oh, my God in Heaven.

I asked, stepping f

"Nothing, I'm sorry, I didn't realize

r of authority. "Th

ward's fingers gripped her

d. "Yes,

r out of there, mutterin

ed away when flashes of red and blue lights refl

rough my lips as

blared through the sp

e hard against the hood of my car; h

ht to remain silent,

"What the h

male detective sat before me

s of physical assault on victim Gera

before I brok

serious."

f his ribs and shot his leg; that's a year in jail for you, buddy, a

y attorney's not here.

e moment," the voicemail echoed in

ing back to see the

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hoose this week t

rally tossed me into a cell that smelled

not be h

ack the rage building inside of me, and I did

I grabbed his fingers and twisted so hard a bone snapped;

ng to be a

* *

ER

y guy you want," Howard snapped at

side my apar

For the last time,

cause you two seemed to be having a blas

ek, but I folded my ar

ing you do stuff to him at the clu

protect me if you could. You're the reason I'm stuck in heels

s alive, right? Listen carefully, st

s six; groaning, I climbed off my b

as a familiar face. I'd seen him hanging

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ou to com

f disbelief. "I

t the door, he caug

hed himself into the apa

r I'm calling the po

ants a favor from you," he said f

told me about

ugh; I mean, this was

," I shot back. "I'm not

omething about brea

roz

the couch; my heart raced. "Just g

ied into my room and

. "If you don't get here soon

e think." Set

the door, hoping h

good, Sierra." Seth s

to put Dante i

Seth replied. "I just received w

ask me

out a lon

want me to s

n't a

on't say no to you

the man drove me to

s there. A woman bailing out a Mafia bo

hip with the suspect?"

out the form. "I wasn't aware that was r

ly say to his partner. "...Proba

t in handcuffs. He looked exhausted but said nothi

g about sleeping in jail humiliated him. "I'll refund the bail. M

stop to

oss his face before