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"If you want, I can walk you over to Marabbed s?"

I turned around to stare at her in surprise In the entire month since she had been with me, she had never once set foot inside the roadhouse One by one, the Raiders had come down to meet her She seemed to do ith a few of us at a time "Um, yeah, they do"

"Then can I coet out for a while And I’ve never seen the roadhouse"

I fiddled with the keys in my hand "Are you sure you’re up to it?" While I knew my brothers would be on their best behavior around Annabel, I was e men in cuts could inevitably lead to a flashback of her time with the Diablos

She rose off the couch with a determined expression "I think I’d like to try"

"Then I’d like to have you joindown at her clothes, she asked, "Ahed "Co, you’re overdressed"

"Should I go change into so?" she teased

"No," I replied a little too quickly Annabel ducked her head, but I thought I saw the hint of a sot to the back door of the roadhouse, I stopped her "What is it?" she asked

"If at any time you don’t feel co part in the patching, you can coet me Okay?"

"Thank you, Rev," she replied She then proceeded to shock the hell out of ood tolike I had been knocked on my ass, I threw open the back door and ushered her inside Live music blared from the house band that played on special occasions The steady roar of conversation came from all around us At the far end of the roadhouse, the wo table filled with ho with soh the line

"Hungry?" I asked Annabel

"Not right now But don’t let lanced fro"

Annabel sone"

Placing uide her through the crowd At Annabel’s sudden intake of breath, I quickly de?"

She motioned to Willow, across the room "I was just surprised to see her here"

"Since it’s a patching cereirlfriends, and faht is pretty calrinned at her "It’ll be around et really crazy"