Total pages in book: 206
Estimated words: 192184 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 961(@200wpm)___ 769(@250wpm)___ 641(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 192184 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 961(@200wpm)___ 769(@250wpm)___ 641(@300wpm)
Dare said he thought Pop was running some side businesses underground and had thought it for years, thinking it was because he didn’t wanna jeopardize some of his important relationships with influential people so kept shadier stuff secret. Dare thought Pop was too greedy to not profit off the heavier drugs. He didn’t need the money, but he wanted it. I hadn’t noticed some of the things Dare had noticed because I was too busy trying to prove myself to the megalomaniac.
“Tommy,” she whispered to me while I was deep in thought.
“Yeah, baby?” I’d thought she was asleep.
“I moved your guns.”
“You what?”
“The guns under the bed were freaking me out. I gave them to James. He’s not working tonight, so I wanted to tell you.”
“Baby, guns protect you. You shouldn’t be afraid of them.” Why hadn’t Jimmy told me? I’d seen him on my way in today, had a fifteen-minute debriefing with him.
“I was…afraid of myself,” she said quietly.
“Oh, babe.” I kissed her. I was going to be the ruin of her. She was better off without me. Too bad I didn’t have the decency to make her go.
“I just wanted to tell you so that if someone came to hurt you… you wouldn’t reach and have nothing to defend yourself but the knife.”
“Don’t stress. Go to sleep, baby girl.” I gave her a squeeze and got out of bed. “Be right back.”
When I woke up in the morning, Tommy was gone, I vaguely remembered him kissing me goodbye. I woke up to the sound of the phone text alert.
Tommy: Baby, I’m busy with stuff today so I won’t see you till late tonight. My sister wants to pick you up and take you to the salon for nails & then lunch. If you want to go, tell Nino. Let me know. Love you. Xo.
Me: Yes! Thanks, baby.
Tommy: Shit, I’ll have to get you a debit card & copies of my credit cards made. I’ll have cash dropped off for you.
Me: It’s okay, I have a bit in my account and I have my Lost Wages money in your underwear drawer.
Tommy: Oh that’s what that was? I saw that and thought you were paying me for sex.
Me: LOL. $5K isn’t enough for the awesome sex you give me. Esp. last night. Oo
Tommy: I’ll give you a discount. Fiancée’s rate.
Me: Haha. Any requests from the salon?
Tommy: Requests?
Tommy: Wait! Don’t cut your hair short!
Me: No, just a trim but I was thinking maybe I’d get my first Brazilian.
Tommy: mm…but not much of a trim, k? It needs to be long! Your hair on your head, I mean. haha.
Me: Don’t worry, I’ll make sure there’s enough left for you to grab onto. On my head, I mean. lol. ;)
Tommy: Mmm. Making me hard here and I’m in public. I might have to spank you for that.
I chewed my lip. Sexting was fun. I was beaming at how fun and easy these texts were today. So different from the tone around here lately. As I was closing the message, I got another message in from a number I didn’t recognize.
Hey Tia, it’s Tess. Wanna go with moi for a mani/pedi? I have Sarah watching the boys ALL DAY :) We can have lunch, too. Tommy wants Nino to drive us.
I replied.
Hey and YES, absolutely! What time should I be ready?
Then I wrote back to Tommy,
I look forward to it. G2G get ready now. Love you. <3!
Tommy: Be safe, baby girl. XO. Love you too.
Tessa wrote back for me to be ready at 11:00. I asked her if they could do a trim and some waxing, too, and she wrote back it was her friend who owned the salon so she was sure it’d be no problem. It was now 10:15, so I zipped downstairs and made a coffee. I spooned my 3 sugars in knowing Sarah wasn’t here to judge and then went upstairs to get a shower. I was excited about getting out of the house.
The phone blooped with another text and it was another number.
It’s Nino. I’m outside and will text you when Tessa gets here so you can meet us at the car.
I saved his contact info and sent him a reply.
Okay, thanks.
Tessa was excited to get out, too, and told me she hadn’t had a day without her boys in a few weeks. She said she was going to get all gussied up tonight for a dinner date with James. He had to work tonight at our house, but they’d go to dinner and hopefully have a quickie before he had to leave for work.
Sarah was at her house today with the boys. She said she and Sarah were in talks about her sharing the load between her place and Luc’s place since Tommy didn’t want a live-in any longer. She seemed happy about it, as Sarah had been like family to them and was great with the kids.