Page 238 of Remiss

Smiling, Cleaner took his gun out of his cut, aimed it at Easton and pulled the trigger.

Johnnie’s words got to Kendall more than they should have, considering the decision she’d reached about her marriage.

“Fuck him, Kendall.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Johnnie. Fuck him. He’s throwing a tantrum like a bitch with a bleeding cunt.”

Kendall frowned. “That’s a disgusting analogy.”

“Only because you’re a high-class bitch.”

She glanced away, thinking of her middle-class beginnings.

“You really see Mortician as a brother?”

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me.”

“I did,” she said, sighing. “And, yes. A brother and my closest friend aside from Meggie.”

“That would impress Cleaner.”

“Roddie, right?”

Bash nodded. “He has a thing against chicks like you who wouldn’t fuck him.”

“Wait, what? You’ve fucking lost me. What kind of chick am I? And Iwouldn’tfuck him.”

“Why? Because of the way he looks or because he’s a fuckhead?”

“The way he…” His meaning dawned on her and she widened her eyes. “That motherfucker could be purple, and I wouldn’t want to fuck him. I’m married. It would have nothing to do with his color.”

“Not everyone is as progressive as you.”

“I’m not responsible for everyone, am I?”

“I love you.”

“You don’t know me.”

“I know you’re too smart for Johnnie. If I would’ve asked him what I just asked you, he’d still be trying to figure out what the fuck I mean.”

“That isn’t true,” Kendall said, shaking her head. “Johnnie is brilliant.”

“Either he has a big cock or a long tongue for him to have hypnotized you so thoroughly.”

“Let’s get to the matter at hand,” she ordered.

Bash’s eyes lit up. “Would you issue orders while you’re riding my cock?”

“If you mention you dick one more time, fuckhead, the meeting’s over.”

“We didn’t need it in the first place.”

“Of course we—”