Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
"It's not so much that he got away, he comes from a wealthy family, they used their money to get him off, something about him being on medication that made him do shit.
"You said six months, that means there wasn't a trial yet." Didn't those things take time?
"Yeah, but when it went before the grand jury they indicted three and ruled him incompetent to stand trial."
"I'm going to see about her now, you're going to get me names of all involved, you don't have to tell me anything else, just the names of the fucks involved, I'll take it from there."
"You and Kat?"
"That's for another time."
I closed the door in his face and went back to the bed.
I didn't ask any questions, just figured out how to unwrap her feet from her shoes, pulled the covers up over her and laid next to her.
"I'm just going to hold you okay, nothing else, if this makes you uncomfortable tell me."
She didn't say anything, just buried her nose in my neck as I cuddled her.
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Chapter 8
"Char, what the hell did you see?"
"Hurt, she's hurt and hurt bad El, I didn't see the whole of whatever happened, you know how I pick up emotions sometimes, well, our new little sister had some shit thrown at her."
Char shook her head as we headed for the liquor cabinet, I had a couple hundred people in my backyard where I should be hostessing, but like doc said 'they'll keep'.
"Colton will take care of it, and her, I know my son, he's his father incarnate, though I think Daniel got a little more of the sweet and a little less of the gruff."
"Colton's a good boy, I'm sure he'll do right by our girl...now...GORGEOUS."
We started jumping up and down like two toddlers at Disney On Ice, big grins on our faces.
"What are you two hens cackling about now?"
Daniel sauntered into the room in his chinos and a nice silk tee, his hair was still wet from his shower and he'd splashed on his special after shave.
Dirty dog, he knows what that particular scent does to me, I can see where he expected the day to go.
Thank you citizens of Washington state for making weed legal, other people get hungry, sleepy, or happy, my man gets horny.
"Hey Daniel."
Char gave doc her flirtatious grin, if I was a less confident woman and didn't know how much she was in love with her own husband I would swear my bestie was trying to do my husband for the last thirty years or so.
"Hey Char, what the hell you getting my wife into now?"
"Why do you always blame me, you do know Elena is a shit stirrer right, she basically starts most of the shit we get into."
"What shit Char, how much shit can you get up to in a book club?"I gave her my innocent as a lamb smile.
"Even I know you're full of shit with that one El, now what gives?"
"Nothing Daniel, we're just talking about how to help a new friend."
"Fine, don't tell me, I'll go see to our guests while you do your thing, say, I have an idea, if you and the rest of your posse are going to be dancing around in circles later around the bon fire, why don't we just light some weed instead of wood?"
"Daniel, you'll make everyone high and where pray tell will you be getting all that weed?"
"Look into the backyard El, between Colton's guys, Stacy and Emory's friends and employees and let's not even start on Carol and her teenage crew, I bet we have enough to start ten fires."
He laughed as he headed towards the kitchen and the back door.
"Okay, so what have we decided Char?"
"We've decided that Colton will take care of little Katarina, and we're going to stay out of it."
"Fuck that."
"Why Elena Lyon, such language from a lady."
"Whatever, I know from your reaction and hers that it has something to do with her being attacked right, well you know we don't let that shit slide, especially not when it's family, I'm tired of this violence against women shit, and can you believe those fucktards in DC let that bill die, bunch of redneck fucks.
I say since the women of America are no longer recognized by our government that we should go all militia on their asses, we'll make Sherman's march through Georgia look like a walk in the park, since they refuse to protect us, I say we start lopping off dicks."
"Give me the bottle El, the day hasn't even started yet and you're starting your shit, I promised hubby that this year we'll behave." She shook her head as she downed her tequila shot.
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It seemed like we were lying here for a long time, she hadn't moved, hadn't uttered a sound so that's why I almost jumped out of my skin when her soft, scratchy voice started.