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“You are the shit,” I told her.
“Damn straight,” she replied on a grin.
Then we heard voices through the front screen door.
“She was on a ride-along,” Lee clipped.
“Yeah, a ride-along with a Chow,” Darius commented.
“She got in a fuckin’ quick draw with a hit man in broad daylight and she was armed with a goddamned Taser!” Eddie snapped.
“It’s none of your business, Eddie, but she and I made a deal,” Lee shared.
“Yeah, I heard. A deal struck while she was cuffed to your bed. Christ, I never thought I’d see the day whenyouwere led around by your dick,” Eddie returned.
Uh-oh.
Them’s fightin’ words.
I chanced a glance to Ally and even she’d gone pale.
“Boys,” Darius said low.
“You know, I’m almost compelled to let you have her for a week and see if you can control her,” Lee put in.
Um…say what?
“I’d take a crack at that,” Eddie replied.
Oh…my…God.
“Er…I think there’s something I forgot to tell you,” Ally whispered at my side but I wasn’t listening.
“Yeah, I noticed that,” Lee said, and his voice had gone scary. “A kiss on the neck. Your hand down her fuckin’ pants. I’m warnin’ you, Eddie, it’s the three strike rule.”
“Uh…Indy?” Ally said.
“Shh!” I shushed her.
“I told you a year ago to make your move or I would,” Eddie returned to Lee. “Now you have, and I get to the station and I hear she’s runnin’ through a Highlands’ neighborhood, her hands cuffed behind her back, tear gas in her face, Coxy’s assholes shootin’ at her and some crazy ex-con takin’ a bullet for her. What the fuck is that all about?”
“Eddie,” Darius said, obviously trying to break the tension. “This is Indy we’re talking about. That sounds like a normal Saturday night.”
No one laughed.
There was silence and it was heavy.
Then Eddie said, “You fuck it up with her, I won’t hesitate. Do you hear what I’m sayin’?”
Ally grabbed my arm and I jumped. The hit man was mostly conscious and staring at us.
“What the fuck?” he slurred.
“Shut up,” I said to the hit man, jiggling the gun at him threateningly. I turned to Ally, jerking my head to the door. “Did you hear that?” I stage-whispered.
Ally didn’t look happy. “I heard it.”
“Whatwasthat?” I asked.
