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“He has a bag of diamonds and I cannot believe you’re caught up in this disaster.”
I gasped. “How did you know?”
He didn’t answer.
“How did you know?” I said it a lot louder this time.
“You get into bed. I’ll go talk to your friend. Tomorrow, I’ll take care of the diamonds.”
“You can’t tell me what to do.” Now my voice wasa lotlouder.
I mean, who did he think he was?
He took a step forward and dipped his face to mine so we were nose-to-nose. “You’ve ignored me for years and now you lay this shit on my doorstep. This isnota good situation, Indy. This is a total fuckup. You’d do well to do exactly what I tell you, keep your mouth shut and pray that the man who wants those diamonds back is patient enough to wait through the night.”
“I haven’t been ignoring you for years!” Now I was shouting (and lying).
Lee decided nose-to-nose wasn’t good enough and took the last step forward so I could feel his body heat.
Which, by the way, was immense.
“Bullshit,” he whispered.
Okay, so I’d been trying to ignore him for years, but I didn’t actually succeed. I mean, didn’t he remember all those Christmases and Thanksgivings?
“I bought you Christmas presents!”
“That doesn’t count.”
I made a choked sound. “So you’re saying you didn’t like the Billie Holiday boxed set?”
“I’m sayin’ it doesn’t count.”
“I thought you liked blues!”
He edged in closer, predatory and angry. “Indy, this isn’t something you can cute your way out of.”
Okay, so, maybe in the past I’d used my girlie status to cute my way out of things. Numerous things. Most especially using it with Lee, Hank and Malcolm. Dad always saw through it.
“Fine!” I stalked to the bed, giving in mainly to get away from him. He was too overpowering at close range. Then I whipped around when I reached the foot of the bed. “What are you gonna do?”
“I’m gonna calm down your friend, make a call that should set some minds at ease, and tomorrow, I’ll take him to get the diamonds and make the delivery.”
“Well then,” I said snottily, the wind out of my sails, “thank you.”
Lee started to turn. He stopped, dropped his head back and looked at the ceiling and then turned around and came back to me. Again, he was so close I could feel his heat.
“Normally I charge five hundred dollars an hour for this.”
I sucked in breath.
“For what?” I asked.
“This go-between shit,” Lee answered.
My eyes rounded in shock.
Wow.
