-Caleb-I brought up the information I had on Jacob Ramacher and handed my phone to Masterson. “He’s the son of Gregory Ramacher, head of Ramacher Industries.”Masterson grimaced. “What are they worth?”“Enough to be expensive to buy, but not impossible,” I said reluctantly.“Good. Call the lawyers
“You kids have fun,” one of the guards snickered before locking us in.Jacey was still quiet. I hugged her and rubbed her arms, trying to get a little life back in her. “Hey, baby. I’m sorry about Will Jr.”Jacey looked up at me with wide, wounded eyes. “I don’t want Will going to the other side kno
-Jacey-“Spend lots of time pissing him off,” I told Caleb as I hugged him before he went to work.The guard waiting in our doorway rolled his eyes. “Come on, let’s be on time.” He tapped his watch.“I could start by coming in late,” Caleb teased.The guard did not take kindly to that and dragged Ca
***Caleb returned several hours later at about 7:00 PM looking haggard. I quickly set my pizza rolls aside and went over to him.“Today I think I coordinated a mass kidnapping,” he said to me when I went to hug him.I hugged him anyway. “That’s not your fault. That’s Masterson’s fault. He’s just us
-Caleb-I stroked Jacey’s hair gently in the morning hours before I had to go work for the devil incarnate.She stirred then snuggled into me more and tried to go back to sleep.“Baby,” I murmured, my hand moving down her back. “If we want to be together before I go to work, we have to start now.”J
Masterson came out of his office to torment me. “I think there’s a village in Brazil that needs clearing before we can pillage their resources,” he chuckled to me.Doubtless he’d been listening to our conversation last night. I hadn’t meant to give him ideas. “Can we not? I mean, doesn’t your legiti
It boggled my mind how Lacy just rolled with everything. Like this was a normal workplace, and Masterson hadn’t tried to rape my girlfriend. “Yeah, I’m sure she was,” I responded, bemused.“Anyway, I should get back to reception. I’ll catch you later!” Lacy smiled and wandered off.I stared after he
-Jacey-It was when the smoke detector went off that I realized something was wrong.I sat up in bed and blinked at the darkness. Caleb wasn’t home yet, and I’d decided to take a little nap before he arrived just in case he was in the mood for rigorous after dinner activities.Confused, I went to th