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Burnett sighed. “Then I guess follow your gut.”
Della sat up a little straighter. “I’d like to go with him.”
“You have school,” Burnett said.
“I could miss a day or two. Hell, I could miss two weeks.”
Burnett frowned. “You can’t—”
“What am I gonna miss? Lessons about Russian politics, finding what friggin’ x is to y, and trying to decipher the theme of Pride and Prejudice? We’re running out of time. This could mean my dad’s life!” This time tears filled her eyes.
Burnett glanced at Chase, almost as if seeking his okay. What the hell? She sure as heck didn’t need his permission.
“I’ve got her back,” Chase said.
“Oh, please,” Della said. “Excuse me while I go and grow a penis so the sausage-and-meatball-toting gender will stop thinking I need a man to protect me.”
Both Chase and Burnett looked taken aback by her rebuttal, or perhaps it was her description of their genitals, but what the heck did they expect?
