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Eddie slowly raised his hand. “Indy, guess I’m gonna have to ask you to quit doin’ that.”
I got up close to Rosie and stared down on him. “If I wasn’t so happy you’re alive, I’d kill you.”
Rosie seemed to deflate.
“Indy, I’m sorry,” he whispered, looking miserable and smelling worse.
“Sorry? A week ago you had three friends. Now Tim’s dead, The Kevster’s behind bars for trying to save your pot plants and I don’t have all afternoon to tell you all that’s happened to me. Newest nightmare, bookies are taking bets on if I’ll go off with icky, creepy Wilcox.”
Rosie blanched and noted, “Euw. He looks like Grandpa Munster.”
“That’s what I’m sayin’!” I shouted at him.
“I wish I had all day to watch this show, but I got things to do,” Darius put in. “You gonna call this in?” he asked Eddie.
“Yeah.” Eddie’s eyes moved to Lee. Eddie had taken off his shades and slid an arm in the collar of his tee so they were hanging at his throat. “We gotta talk. Do you think Betty and Veronica here can keep an eye on these two?”
“I get to be Veronica,” Ally called it instantly.
I turned to her. “Why do you get to be Veronica?”
I didn’t want to be Betty. Betty was a doormat. Veronica had attitude.
“I’msoVeronica,” Ally said in answer.
“Unh,” the hit man groaned.
“Jesus,” Darius muttered.
Lee jerked Rosie around and sat him on the couch next to his would be killer.
He pointed at Rosie and ordered, “Sit. Stay.”
While I was watching Lee, I felt a hand at my back and my shirt was lifted up. I twisted my head to see Eddie there, then felt his hand slide into my shorts and pull out the gun.
He could have pulled it out by its butt and barely touched me. He didn’t do that. He slid the length of his index finger along the gun, the rest of his knuckles fisting around the butt, grazing the small of my back, making certain I felt his warmth against my skin nearly to the top edge of my underwear. And, I had to admit, it felt nice.
Provocatively tactile.
When I turned back to Lee, he was watching and the muscle was going in his cheek.
“Outside,” Lee growled to Eddie.
Eddie handed me the gun and instructed, “Point this at the bad guy and don’t take your eyes off him. If he moves, shoot him. Got that?”
I nodded.
Lee, Darius and Eddie left the house.
I pointed the gun at the hit man, pulled the pepper spray out of my pocket and gave it to Ally saying, “How’d you find Rosie?”
“You know all those leads I told you about?” she asked in answer.
“Yeah.”
“Well, I tracked them down. Gave out more cards, the leads led to more leads and here I am. Rosie.”
I was impressed.
