Page 57 of Suck This

“Why does she need you?” I went to my knees.

“Because I’ve been feeding her for thirty years now.”

With that, he was gone, and I was left wondering what kind of relationship Con and some woman I’d never met before had that he’d been feeding her for thirty years. A relationship that warranted an immediate exit of the man who’d just warmed my bed not five minutes before.

A man that didn’t come back.

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CONSTANTINE

“It’ll be better for us both if we stay away from them,” Fox informed me. “I don’t want to stay away from my sister, but I don’t know what else to do.”

I gritted my teeth and turned to face Abraham. “You’re in agreement with this, too?”

He nodded once.

I turned my eyes to Pavlov. “And you?”

His mouth worked, but he gave a quick, firm nod, letting me know that he agreed as well.

It was unanimous.

“What about the humans that work in the office?” Fox asked.

I went to the desk where Chen, who I might add I was unbelievably happy to have back in his old position, had left some papers there.

“According to my information, we only have four other humans working at this location,” I said. “The rest work for the blood bank itself, and since we’ve been so careful to keep the connection between the two companies separate, I don’t see any reason why we should be concerned that they would be connected to us in any way.”

Too bad I was wrong on both accounts.