Page 118 (1/2)

"I’o," Cowboy said, and the three of us ran for the exit, Tank and Bull hauling the last few folks out the door

Juine as I held Lilah inher uneven short hair fro my head down, I pressed a kiss toeven hacked up to hell

And for the first ti fuckin’ time, I started to cry

The clock ticked slowly in the long sterile hallway The Hang up the linoleu the fuck outta our way

Lilah and Fla brought here and, worse, being touched that he had to be sedated on arrival, all so they could assess the daet his psycho ass into the ER

Lilah had immediately been taken fro me shitty looks The fuckers took one look at our colors and cuts and instantly jumped to the conclusion that I’d sliced up th not to beat the fuck outta their disapproving faces, but ht then

The entire journey, she hadn’t woken up, and the docs had taken her to surgery to stitch her up withouta beat Styx and Mae, Bull, Tank, and Tanner arrived just after Beauty and Letti stayed behind to deal with a shell-shocked Madds

Which broughtLi’s final words in my head No more temptation You are free from temptation… andFuck, she’d completely lost it

Heavy leather boots squeaked on the floor beside me, and a second later, Styx slu the floor with a thud His hands hung over his legs, and he signed, "Sheriff turned up Security reported a gunshot and that the Hang, I ran my hands down my face and said, "Fuckin’ perfect"

"Tank and Bull paid hiood little bent-copperwe need is cops crawling over our business"

Styx’s hand landed on esture from my best friend almost broke me Since our old ot Mae That bitch was seven shades to fucked up… but nothing to the level ofstitched the fuck up