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“Oh, Norn’s men? Yeah, there were two out here when I arrived earlier, but I shot them both. You owe me for that one. Have a good night, Kade. I’m tired.”
He watches me for several seconds, like he wants to say something else, before he nods and watches me get in the car. I glance in my rearview mirror as he finally turns around and walks back to the casino. I watch as the door opens and the woman I’d stopped from getting harassed steps outside. She stares down at the man who’s writhing on the ground and jumps as Kade kicks him right in the gut. Then Kade puts a hand on her back and directs her over to a guard. He says something before heading inside.
Kade’s not perfect.
None of us are.
But I firmly believe a man like him could make a difference. He doesn’t need a gun or need to know how to fight. No… Kade’s got his own power, if he learns how to use it.
CHAPTER5
FOUR DAYS LEFT
KADE
As I walk into the casino, a guard I don’t remember the name of smiles at me. It instantly makes me wary. “Good evening!” he says, and I’m so surprised by the declaration that I momentarily just stare at him.
“Good… evening,” I say, highly suspicious about this. Is this a new tactic for murdering someone? Get them off guard before going in for the kill?
“Thanks for the pizza yesterday, I’d forgotten my dinner and really didn’t want to pay casino prices.”
“Oh… you’re welcome,” I say, and the guy even pats me on the shoulder as I head for the back. About halfway there, Harker pushes away from a card table and hurries over to me.
“The guards are in awe over you,” he says with that annoying look on his face. I’m confident most of his looks are annoying but this one just takes the cake.
“Shut up.”
“Are you… embarrassed?” he asks with a teasing tone.
“Don’t you have some more money to lose?” I grumble.
“I actually just won a hundred dollars. A hundred dollars, Kade! I want to hear more about this pizza party you threw last night. I heard there were even breadsticks! Were you wanting to get someone’s breadstick and thought it’d impress them?”
My mind drifts over to Len and I scowl at the idea. “Trust me. I don’t want him. I just fucking want him to murder Norn,” I growl. “I’m still skeptical that he can.” I say this even though I’ve seen that beneath his strange exterior he actually seems to know his stuff.
That makes Harker stumble to a stop. “Oh? You hadLenover here? So that’s the mystery guy they were all talking about. How did you pull that off?”
“I didn’t pull off shit,” I grumble. “He arrivedon his ownto harass meon his own.”
“He still won’t work for you?” he asks. “God, this is hilarious.”
“Nope. I’m pretty sure he just showed up in the hopes of watching me die.”
Harker laughs before noticing someone waving. When I look up, I see it’s his wife who I give a nod to. “Oh, I’d love to hear more about your miserable life, but the wife calls. Maybe try showing up uninvited to his place… naked, you know? I mean… maybe he’ll save your life if you show him the power of your penis.”
“I am firing you when this week is over with,” I decide.
He laughs before turning toward his wife. “That’s not going to happen. Who else could stand your cranky ass?”
“Fuck off,” I grumble as I head into the back when my phone beeps. I glance down at it and realize that it’s an address—Len’s address if I had to guess by all the eggplant emojis Harker’s sending along with it. I mean… itisa tactic. The way Len watches me tells me that he’s not completely repulsed by me but…
I don’t think I could do it. I don’t think I could stoop so low.
“Hey, boss, your friend left this,” Harry, one of the guys who’d played with us last night, says as he hands me a bag holding Len’s junk toys.
“Hmm…”
I set it on the counter as Jon glances over at me before walking up. “Thanks again for last night… really, I don’t know how to tell you how much I appreciate it.”
