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“If it is, it’s worth more than your life,” Rae retorted.
“Yeah, like that’s true,” he snorted. He poured himself a glass and took a sip. “Damn, that’s smooth.” He turned to face me. “Do you think she planned it?”
“Planned to get hit over the head and thrown off a roof, you mean?”
“Well, when you put it like that…”
“I like it,” Fox grinned. “She’s got style.”
“She took our ride and left us to face the heat,” Rae pointed out.
“Ruthless, right? He knows,” Fox pointed at me. “He likes it.”
I didn’t answer. My glare was enough to tell him to shut up. But he wasn’t wrong. The fact that she stole the car and left us behind was deceptive, evil, and fucking hot. Instead of staying with us out of some sense of obligation, she took off and left us to clean up her mess.
“You seriously like her?” Rae laughed. “After she made a fool of you, you still think she’s the one?”
“I never said she was the one. Obsession doesn’t mean I want her.”
“He’s right,” Fox pointed at me. “Obsession is nine-tenths of the law.”
“That’s possession.”
“Either way.”
“Not either way,” I snapped. “Just because I want to find out what makes her tick doesn’t mean I want to own her. I’m not a cattle rancher.”
“But how cool would that be? I could be your hand.”
“My what?”
“You know…a cattle hand or whatever they’re called.”
I narrowed my eyes at Fox. He was losing it. “We’re not getting a ranch together.”
“Are you sure?” he grinned.
“Pretty fucking sure.”
“But not sure enough to totally count it out.”
“It’s out. Believe me.”
He stared at me a moment, then tossed his head back in laughter. “Man, you almost got me. I’ll start researching ranches right away.”
“I’m not going in on a ranch with you.”
“If you don’t, where will you hide out while I’m pretending to be you?”
“Why would you pretend to be him?” Rae asked curiously.
“You know, when he disappears like Cash did. Someone has to be him while we discover what happened to him.”
“Why wouldn’t we just look for him? Why does he need someone to play his part?”
Fox rolled his eyes, scoffing at the apparent stupidity of the question. “Duh, because if they know he’s missing, then it would be pretty fucking hard to rescue him from the baddies.”
I pinched the bridge of my nose, drowning out the insanity of the conversation.
