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I ignored Honey, pressing the issue of FNG’s sudden return. We could discuss weird eating habits later. But what happened in the last twenty-four hours could very well affect us in a very bad way if what I thought happened was true.
“Look, I need to know what happened. There are too many missing pieces to the year you were gone. Rafe said you were dead. Was he lying to me to throw me off?”
“Oh, no. He really did think I was dead.” He sighed heavily. “Yeah, it was a rough one. I’m not gonna lie. I thought that time I might not actually make it.”
“Where did it happen?Whathappened?”
The elevator opened and FNG pushed past me with his wife’s hand in his. “If you don’t mind, I’m going to treat my lady to a spa day. I think she deserves that much after the last forty-eight hours.”
“You mean the forty-eight hours you haven’t told me about yet?” I snapped.
He stopped and turned around, lowering his voice. “If you really want to know, just come with me. I’ll tell you anything.”
“I have a business to run,” I said through gritted teeth.
“And I have blisters on my feet from running through the desert. What’s your point?”
I rolled my eyes, knowing I wasn’t going to win. “Fine, but I want to hear everything, starting with why Rafe thought you were dead.”
“No problem. You’re driving, right?”
“Why not,” I grumbled.
“Good because my truck was sort of blown up a year ago.”
“I remember. I was there.”
“Well, then you know getting around isn’t going to be easy. Anyway, where was I?” He headed outside, right over to my truck, frowning as he looked at it. “No minivan? My baby rides in luxury.”
I’d about had enough of this shit. “Get in the damn truck.”
“Alright, alright,” he sighed. “Geez, no need to get all huffy.”
I walked around to my side and got in, slamming the door just a little harder than necessary. Honey was in the middle seat and FNG was in the passenger. This was really a conversation I wanted to have alone, but that wasn’t going to be an option. “Now, the job with Rafe.”
“Right, the one that nearly got me killed. Well, it all started on a dark and stormy evening. If you’ll recall, he wanted me to do a dead drop in the middle of the night.”
“Jumping out of a plane. How were you supposed to land?”
“Well, that’s the thing with Rafe. He never tells you anything until it’s completely necessary. So, I found out about ten seconds before I hit the ground.”
I stared at him incredulously. “You jumped out of the plane, not knowing if there was any way to land safely?”
“It was Rafe,” he scoffed. “Like he was going to send me in and then have me killed immediately? I don’t think so. He hadn’t gotten what he wanted yet.”
“And what exactly did he want?”
“Not what. Who.”
“Who?”
“Who what?”
He was fucking with me and I wasn’t in the mood for it. “FNG?—”
“Anyway, there was this chick I was supposed to get tabs on.”
“And did you?”
