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“Yes, you can.”
“I really can’t.”
“FNG, when I find you—and I will—I’ll wrap my hands around your neck and strangle you myself. Am I clear?”
I held back as long as I could…maybe five seconds, and then I blurted out, “But I still won’t die. You’ve seen it, boss. It’s impossible.”
His irritated sigh flowed through the line. “What happened?”
“Well, see, it’s actually kind of funny. We were just having our morning coffee—actually, Nicholas was getting some in the shower—and these tanks rolled up outside the motel. They just started shooting at us. Crazy, right?”
When he didn’t answer, I continued.
“Anyway, we took control of the situation, defeated the bad guys, and now it’s all over. Oh, and the motel sort of fell down.”
“What do you mean it sort of fell down?” he bit out slowly.
“Well, it started with the roof and then just sort of collapsed. Yeah, the owner isn’t too happy about it. Rae said you would call them.”
Rae punched me in the arm, eliciting a gasp from me. I glared at her as I rubbed my abused arm.
“I would call them? Since when is it my job to call them?”
“Well, you are the boss,” I hedged.
“Yes, and this is your mess. Clean it up.”
I frowned. “Like…you want us to get some construction equipment and start rebuilding?”
“I don’t care what you do. I don’t care if you rebuild it brick by brick. You will take care of this situation and I won’t hear another word about it. Am I clear?”
“Sure, but…you know, the building wasn’t made of bricks.”
“FNG!”
“Sorry, boss. Yes, I’ll take care of it.”
“Put Rae on the phone.”
“Gladly.”
I shoved the phone in her direction and moved on. I didn’t want to stick around in case he had more to yell at me about. I only came to help, and look at where that got me.
I strolled around the building, kicking a few chunks of concrete out of the way as I looked for Nick. He was curiously absent, but then I remembered his lady was missing. What would I do?
I headed around back and looked all over for him. Then I heard a distant shout and turned to the woods.
“Awe, crap. I really didn’t want to go for a hike today.”
“It’s a beautiful day for it,” Fox said, coming out of nowhere.
“Of course you would say that. You love going on the hunt.”
“Who doesn’t? It’s the best thing in the world. Of course, I don’t think Nick would be too happy if I did what I normally do at the end of a hunt.”
“Probably not.”
“It’s a shame. She’s kind of pissing me off the way she keeps escaping.”
