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She started to laugh softly.
Still, despite the laugh, she had a whole lot of pain behind those eyes.
Pain that was tearing her apart from the inside out.
“Frankie?” Yao said, interrupting us.
I wanted to punch him in the face when I lost her eyes.
“Yes?” Frankie turned, her smile fading.
Hell, any and all life that had been put back into her had faded.
I fucking hated it.
“I’m going to investigate the incident,” he said, his eyes flicking up to me and then widening. “You new?”
I nodded once. “Yes, sir. Just started today.”
Yao took in my scars, didn’t make like he wasn’t.
I kind of liked that he owned it.
Most people would steal surreptitious glances at them every once in a while. Try to act like they
weren’t staring.
Not Yao.
“Good to know,” he said. “Like it?”
I shrugged. “It was okay.”
Yao’s lips twitched. “First days usually are. If you’ll excuse me…”
I nodded once. “Nice to see you, Frankie.”
Frankie’s eyes went warm. “It was nice to see you, too.”
Then I had no other choice but to walk away.
But why the fuck did it feel like I was having my heart pulled out of my chest when I did?
Chapter 2
Back the fuck up, sprinkle tits. Today is not the day.
-Coffee Cup
Frankie
The next day as I got ready for work, I had the phone to my ear, and I was waiting for my father to pick up.
He did on the third ring.
Well, at least I thought it was him.
It wasn’t.
