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“What do you do at night that makes it hard for you to be with her?” He asked and I looked away. This was a conversation I didn’t want to have.
I had only told Katerina some of it because it was my secret, my cross to bear.
“I fight.” I said and he stared, waiting for me to elaborate.
“Cage fighting. It earns money.” I said. It was the truth. Sort of. I just wasn’t earning money for myself.
“Uh huh. And you can’t just stop that? I can’t see you continuing without a good reason. You took to her life quickly and I know because I have seen business men come and go in Kat’s life over the years but you appeared suddenly and stuck.” He said, the accusation there that he knew I wasn’t telling the entire truth.
Before I had to answer, Katerina came shrieking out of the front door, pure rage on her face as she looked over at her neighbor’s house.
“Oh no. He retaliated.” I said as I scrambled to get out of the car.
I saw the man in question sitting on his motorbike, adjusting his helmet before he started the bike.
“YOU! GIVE THEM BACK NOW, ASSHOLE!” She shouted as he revved the bike.
He saluted her before he took off down the street, leaving Katerina fuming.
“I’m going to fucking kill him.” She said before she stormed off around the side of the house.
“What is even going on between these two?” Riley asked as he stood next to me.
“A weird game of chicken. The man likes her and apparently shows it by being a juvenile kid and poking the bear.” I muttered as Katerina came stalking back with a sledgehammer in hand.
“What are you doing?” I asked as Riley said,
“Why do you have a sledgehammer?” She looked at him with a deadpan expression.
“Because you never know when you need one.” She said and Riley shook his head.
“You never need one. Not everyone has a sledgehammer.” He muttered.
“You do in my line of work.” She said as she walked around the fence to his driveway. I put an arm out to stop Riley as he went to follow.
“Let her get it out of her system. You don’t want her to start on you.” I said and he stared at me like I had grown a second head.
I gestured to our woman as she growled, hefting the sledgehammer over her head and brought it down onto his concrete driveway.
“Jesus. She is really angry. What do you think he did?” Riley said and I laughed.
“Hard to say. Our woman has a temper at the best of times so it could have been anything but my bet is, he went inside this time.” I said and Riley side eyed me.
“Our woman?” He said and I looked at him with a smile.
“Sounds good to say, doesn’t it?” I watched him as he processed it, the sound of the hammer hitting the concrete and Katerina muttering in Russian behind us.
“Yeah. I guess it does. So when are we planning on telling her that we have just decided that she is our woman?” He said as he looked at her.
“Never. She will run a mile away the minute we do. We have to let her come to the decision on her own.” I said as she let go of the hammer and pulled out her phone.
“I need a favor.” She said and I sighed. This was only going to get worse.
As she walked toward us, dragging the hammer behind her and breathing heavily, I reached out to smooth her hair back.
“So what did the asshole do this time?” I said as Riley reached for the hammer.
“He took all my underwear. Every. Last. Piece.” She grit out and I had to bite my lip to stop myself from smiling.
