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“Oh, I should go pee! I get nervous as shit before a performance,” Clancy says, interrupting Grim. Pulling an apologetic face, she rushes off to the toilet.
“She’s a good person. She’s been a good friend,” I say, wanting Grim to see what I see. She doesn’t have to like her, but it would be good if she stopped looking at her like she’s someone I should be wary of.
“Seems like it…” Grim cocks her head to the side, studying me.
“What? Why are you looking at me like that?” I ask.
Grim jerks her head. “Come on, I need to speak with you in my office for a second,” she says before turning her attention to the dancers. “Frank will escort you to the cage in a few minutes. Make sure Clancy is with you.”
“Sure,” a dancer named Lola replies. She’s a beautiful, voluptuous black woman with the prettiest brown eyes and long, lean legs. I’ve been particularly impressed with her dancing this week. She picked up the routine really quickly and has a natural flare for flamenco.
“What’s up?” I ask Grim the moment we step into her office. Beast is lounging on the leather sofa in the corner of the room, nursing a glass of whiskey. He looks like he’s just taken a nap, rather than fought in the cage. There’s not a split lip or bruise in sight. The fact that Dax managed to fuck him up when they fought has got to indicate how good a fighter he is. Beast seemed to think so, given he’s been training him between Dax taking lessons at the Academy, teaching the local kids and doing nefarious criminal shit.
“You’re supposed to be out there mingling,” Grim says, her annoyance clear.
“Babe, I just came in here to change and grab a drink. What’s up, you looked stressed,” he remarks, sitting up.
“It’s fine,” Grim replies, waving away his concern.
“Okay,” he frowns then looks at me. “Hey, Pen.Yougood?” He knocks back the drink, placing the empty glass on the low table before him.
“I think so,” I reply, giving Grim a confused look. “Is this about Clancy?”
Grim sits on the edge of her desk. “Fuck, no. I can see why you like her. She’s a little nuts, but harmless.”
“Oh Jesus, thank fuck. I thought you were gonna drop a bombshell,” I reply, letting out a sigh of relief.
“She checks out. Her dad works at the law firm that got D-Neath’s sentence shortened. Although Interpol had more to do with that than the law firm did. Otherwise, there’s nothing nefarious about Clancy, apart from the fact she flirted with me the other day. But I’ll let that pass.” She shrugs, her lips lifting up in a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes. I frown, something’s up but I’m prevented from asking when Beast bursts out laughing.
“Shut the fuck up! That little redhead rocket flirted with you?” Beast exclaims, his eyebrows shooting up so high they’re almost lost in his hairline. “I would’ve liked to have seen that. She’s got some balls, that’s for sure. What did you do?”
“I told her I wasn’t interested in girls…”
Beast laughs. “That’s because you’ve gotme, baby.”
“Yeah, you’re all thegirlI need.” Grim winks at me, then lights up a cigarette. I can’t help but notice that her fingers are trembling a little as she takes a drag then lets out a stream of smoke.
“Babe, this cock is better than any strap-on out there. Fuck the Rampant Rabbit, I got everything you need right here,” Beast boasts, gripping his cock over his jeans.
Grim frowns, ignoring him and focusing on me instead. “So... you wanted to talk to me about thatthing.”
“That thing?”
“Uh huh.” Grim gives me that look, the ones girls give each other when they need you to pretend you know what the fuck they’re going on about.
“Oh yeah,the thing. Maybe now would be a good time to discuss it considering the guys aren’t about…” I look pointedly at Beast.
He points at his chest. “Ohhh, right. You’re gonna do that girl-talk shit. This is my cue to leave, yeah?”
Grim silently thanks me with her eyes. “Pen just needed some boy advice, that’s all.”
Beast gets up and plants a kiss on the top of Grim’s head. “Babe, do you know how proud I am of you?”
“Proud?” Grim frowns.
“Yeah, proud of you for making friends. I’m happy for you, I know it ain’t easy having me as your best friend.”
“I think you’ll find that’s Hud.”
