Bite Back Box Set 1 by Mark Henwick

Author:Mark Henwick [Henwick, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912499113
Publisher: Marque
Published: 2019-10-31T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 35

FRIDAY

I was at Victor’s office early enough for breakfast, so I brought takeout.

“What about my gut, woman?” Victor complained as we unpacked the waffles, doughnuts and coffee onto his desk.

I eyed his middle. Yup. The belt was still fastened at the same hole, but the pants and the shirt were pulling in opposite directions.

“Get out more,” I said complacently, crossing my legs and sticking my boots on his desk. I patted my belly. He shook his head. Didn’t stop him taking his share. Just to be sure they were safe from him, I balanced my waffles and doughnuts on my lap.

I’d brought all his security gear back and payments to cover it. I took a bite from a waffle and licked the syrup carefully off my fingers before handing the two checks across the desk.

“I dated one the end of the month. Hope that’s okay?” There was just barely enough in the account to cover the rental of the equipment and Vic’s delivery of Arvinder. I wanted Tullah to have some reserve while payments were coming in for her cases.

Skylur might pick up the tab for some of it. Might.

Victor grunted and swept the checks into a drawer without looking. He took a long swig of his coffee.

“Anythin’ you want to share?” he said. He kept his deep Georgia voice casual, but I heard the undercurrents.

“What would there be, Vic?”

He snorted. “Why people lookin’ for you, girl? An’ I don’ mean puttin’ an ad in the papers, that type of lookin’. I mean banging on doors, roughhouse, kicking over tables type of lookin’.”

“They came around here?”

He nodded, took a huge bite out of a doughnut and chewed it thoughtfully, still watching me. “Told them to Foxtrot Romeo Oscar,” he mumbled.

I smiled. I was putting all my friends in danger, but Victor was capable of handling it at this level.

“Thanks, big man. Can’t talk about it. Should be over soon.”

He just raised a brow skeptically. I knew what he was thinking. That kind of effort was for something that wasn’t just going to go away. But I couldn’t tell him any more than I could tell Jen. Not now and maybe never.

“Well,” he said when I stayed quiet, “I already told Tullah thanks for the business she passed to me, but I’ll say it again to you. And I sent her back some surveillance and internet jobs. She’s smart with that stuff; made us look good for a client this week.” He finished off his doughnut. “Helpin’ out seems to be doin’ us both good.”

“Thanks. I’ll catch up with Tullah next week, see if we can make it even better.”

If I’m around.

Something of that thought got through and Victor’s brow went up again. I kicked myself mentally and concentrated on the doughnut.

“If…” Victor paused and thought about it a bit. “If you get tired of runnin’ the business and want to get out more, there’s always room for you and Tullah here. Y’all got the skills, girl.”

He was offering me a kind of safety, and I loved him for it.

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