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Lisa pouts and whines a little aze gets uncomfortable and I have to look away

I take a deep breath and when I look up again, Lisa is gone and the food is here Ronin helps Cindy with the plates and scoots er over towards me, says some flirty words to the waitress who looks exhausted and ready to go home, and then winks at me as he takes a bite of his food

Chapter Nine - RONIN

This Rook is going to be a handful, I can tell She’s got a dark look to her, a look that says she’s had some trouble recently But she’s not down, that’s for sure And her defenses are on high alert Much too high for my comfort level I’ll have to work on that If she doesn’t trustto trust h I told Lisa Rook is definitely the girl I want for TRAGIC, on’t get far if we can’t touch her I can’t touch her, I correcther

She has a good appetite once she settles in and starts eating, and that’s a plus I can only eat half of ht, but Rook scarfs hers down and makes a decent dent in her French fries as well I smile as she leans back in the booth "Satisfied?" She blushes a bright pink and I have to stopto me and I’ry," she explains "I didn’t eat all day"

"That’s not good," I say, frowning at her This ht be an issue after all "You want some pie? Cookie makes the best pies in town"

She laughs, as if this is absurd "No, thanks I’ve had enough"

I stand and hold out my hand to her She looks at me funny but accepts it and I pull her to her feet and put my hand behind her back to direct her to the door

"Don’t we have to pay?"

"We have a tab, Rook When you eat here you walk to the back booth, you order whatever you want and they bill us No questions asked"

"Oh, then you take it out of our pay or so?"

I hold the door open for her and she h I love her h, dark and defensive one minute, sweet and innocent the next I’m not sure which side I prefer to be honest, I like them both at the moment "No, this is just e do for the irls to look a certain way Make sense?"