Page 30 of Sin With Me

Brook rolled his eyes. “You wouldn’t understand. You’re a priest.”

“It got me in, didn’tit?”

“What good is it doing if you can’t find any information?”

“Just give me some time and keep Father well. That’sall.”

“He’ll be fine, but if it weren’t for our plan B, he’d be a deadman.”

Yeah, plan B. It felt like I needed one now as well. If I didn’t find that money and if the girl didn’t show up, I’d need tomove.

Three months.

That should give me enough time to dig under every rock in this town. If I didn’t find the money here, it meant that it wasn’t here. And if the girl never showed, it also meant that she was smarter than we presumed. It would be nearly impossible to find herthen.

Unless the fifty million is reallyhere.

“Did Kate say anything to you last night? You know, about me?” I asked.

“No, but she did say she’d be in for a hot night of sex if it were the rightguy.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, you get some tequila into her and she sings.”

“Tequila is the only thing you better ever get intoher.”

“Don’t worry. Apparently I’m not the right guy. I see you’ve made a claim onher.”

“What the hell is a claim? And if you mean did I fuck her, then no, I can’t make such a claim. I’m a priest,” I said through gritted teeth.

As soon as the thought of diving between Kate’s legs entered my mind, I got stiff. It would be so easy to give into the temptation. I knew she wanted me. Hell, if I let it happen, it would happen, but I couldn’t test her faith that way. I couldn’t ruin her innocence just because I hadn’t gotten laid in years.

“You don’t feel strange talking to me likethis?”

“Why?”

“We’re in church.”

“Yo, I know you and Father were close and all with the church stuff, but that ain’tme.”

I sighed. Sometimes I wondered whether there was a greater age gap between us than ayear.

“She’s into you, you know,” he added. “I couldtell.”

“I’m not bringing her into this mess. I can’t.”

“Man, only you know how to let a good thing slip between your fingers.”

“You should head home, Brook. And take the longway.”

“I’ll be gone tomorrow morning. Think about what I said about mom’s business.”

“There are a lot of things I’ve been in my past life, but I’m not going to work as a manservant.”

“Mother’s best at anonymity and satisfied clients. Besides, we may not have a choice.”

Oh, there was a choice, all right. And it started with finding the bitch who stole my father’s heart.

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