The phone rang, picked up, and the same male voice announced, โChris Powers." "Hey there, Chris. Are you aware it's a felony to make threats over the phone?" To give Powers his fair due, he got over his shock within a split second. โTry it, asshole. I dare you. My lawyers will have you for lunch.โ He clicked off again. I did what any red-blooded American male would do. I called my big, ex-cop ex-boyfriend.
Josh LanyonI thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.
Josh LanyonIโm never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face?
Josh LanyonThen, like a born and bred asshole, he added to the sheriff, "He writes murder mysteries.
Josh LanyonI gave a helpless laugh. โDamned if I know. I thinkโฆwe seem to have reached impasse. I feel betrayed by your friendship with Verlane. I realize thatโs not logical. I realize that if Iโd made the mistakes Verlane has made, Iโd want my friends to stand by me, hope that someone would help me when the time came. I justโฆโ โWhat?โ I met his eyes. โI just need to come first for someone, Guy.
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