She braked to a stop.
“Can I open them now?” I said.
“Yes.”
I opened my eyes. Laurie had pulled alongside the spot where my Jimmy was parked. Through the passenger’s side window of her car, I could see that the tires weren’t flat anymore.
“You bought me new tires?” I said.
“Yeah! Brand new ones. Aren’t they great?”
“This is the nicest present anyone has ever given to me. I think I’m going to cry.”
But I didn’t. I kissed her and hugged her and kissed her some more until some lady in a Kia started honking her horn to get by. Laurie found a parking place, and we walked on up to her apartment.
She poured me a beer and got herself one, and we sat on the couch with Edgar the cat between us.
“You’ve had a rough time the past few days, haven’t you?” she said.
“You could say that.”
“Anyway, it’ll make a great story for your grandkids someday.”
“I guess so. But the story’s really not about me.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s about a young lady named Stephanie Vowels who lost her life because some people got greedy.”
“And those people are going to pay for their crimes, largely because of your actions. I disagree that it’s not about you, Nicholas Colt. I think it’s very much about you, about your courage and determination, your loyalty and intelligence. You’re a star, and I think this is only the beginning.”
I leaned over and kissed her. One thing led to another, and we ended up tearing each other’s clothes off again on the way to the bedroom. We made love, and then we talked. I told her some more of my deepest darkest secrets, and she told me some of hers.
We rested for a while, and then we went at it again. And again. She held me tight and I told her that I loved her, and we sauced the white Fiesta like it had never been sauced before.
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CONTENTS
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine