ilar estate. The air was thick with the smell of wet cement and
backyard storage shed to retrieve her adoptive mother'
red Ferrari sped up the driveway, slamming on its brak
out. He wore a custom-tailored suit and designer su
watching the scene through the t
ned Harley's door like a chivalrous knight,
r path to the backyard. He looked her u
struction workers could hear. "You can put a Rust Belt rat in
ing, leaning on their shovel
with worry. She gently grabbed Dax's forearm. "Dax, please don't," she whi
ted a finger inches from Jessie's nose. "You stay the hell away
as a blank canvas. She looked at Dax the
uriated Dax. He felt his ego b
g into her personal space. He raised his ha
her weight. Her eyes, previously dull, s
ad looked death in the eye a thousand times. It was a look that promised violen
s lungs forgot how to pull in air. It was as if a massive
A violent tremor started in his
said. Her voice wasn't loud, but it
s face draining of all co
cking down from a country girl. She pinched the back of Da
he had just cowered in front of Harley and the cons
his arm back and swung a heavy, uncoo
ey's lips curved into a
rd. Her left hand shot up, her fingers wrappin
against him. As she twisted his arm down, she dr
eg buckled. His balan
ith cold, detached eyes as his body laun
massive, shallow mixing tub filled
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