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"Please, Teagan," Hope begged. "I really need your help."

I felt my will buckling under her persuasive kneading. I knew that I was going to cave in and she knew it too.

And then Hope used an evil-bastard of a trick.

She used thepuppy eyes.

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Chapter 11

Noah

*Winning's not enough tonight. Put him out of commission and I'll arrange Christmas visitation. *

I reread the text message I'd received from George once more before deleting it and tossing my phone into the passenger seat of Tommy's Subaru.

Keep your eye on the donut, Messina, and not the hole…

"You ready for this, dude?" Tommy asked as he leaned against the side of his car, watching me with a hooded expression etched on his face.

The quarry was packed tonight and Tommy's adrenalin was obviously pumping. He was jittery as fuck – why, I had no clue because he wasn’t the one who was about to take a beating.

"That guy Kruger looks pretty intense," Tommy said with a frown.

He was.

Last time I came up against Kruger I was sixteen and the guy handed my ass to me. Shawn Kruger was like a fucking tornado in the ring – blowing his opponents to smithereens.

The only advantage I had tonight was the fact that Kruger had brought his girl with him.

Big mistake.

Youneverbrought your weak link to work.

I knew the second I saw the curvy brunette sidling up to Kruger that I was onto a winner.

Pulling my shirt over my head I tossed it into the car with my phone. "It is what it is, T," I replied, holding my hands up for him to tape. "I appreciate you being here tonight."

Tommy rolled his blue eyes in exasperation as he concentrated on taping my knuckles. "Dude, we're friends. That's what friends do – they help one another out in shitty situations."

"Yeah," I said with a sigh, flexing my wrists. "But you know the drill." I stared into his eyes. "No matter what happens tonight, don't get involved."

A vein ticked in Tommy's neck but he nodded stiffly and I sighed in relief.He understood.The last thing I needed was someone I cared about getting involved in this mess. It was bad enough I had brought him here in the first place.

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Teagan

We took my car to the Ring of Fire, which, may I add, was in the back ass of nowhere, although Hope drove – which was probably for the best since I lost feeling in my toes by the time I reached the bottom step of Hope's staircase.

I'd never looked skankier or felt shadier than I did right now.

I had on a skin-tight white mini-skirt that was so short I was fairly certain the cheeks of my butt were on display, and a pair of black thigh-high fuck-me-boots.

My top – if you could call it that – was worse. All that covered the girls was a silver sparkly bandeau that literallyjustcovered my chest. I was bare from my ribs to my hipbones and from the bottom of my ass to my thighs.

Boy did I feel good about myself.

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