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"Oh great," I muttered, turning my gaze toward the sound of the voice. And there he was. Lawton's dick of a brother. I turned to glare at him. "Come to join the fun? Well, come on," I said, in voice that bordered on hysteria, "the more the merrier."
There was only one problem. He didn't look very merry. And neither did Lawton.
Chapter 59
Bishop still hadn't moved. He was staring at Lawton. "Just what the hell are you doing?" Bishop said.
"What does it look like?" Lawton said. "I'm talking to Chloe."
"Is that what you call this?" Bishop said.
"It's the only place that's secure," Lawton said. "No wireless. No nothing. Shit, you've only been drilling that into me for months." He gave me a cold look. "I already checked for recording stuff."
Bishop turned his gaze on me. "I suppose that explains the blankets. What? You made her take off her clothes?"
"No," Lawton said. "She did that herself."
I made a scoffing sound.
"You did," Lawton said.
"Only because you lied to me."
"I did not," he said. "I told you there was something you had to see. I showed it to you, didn’t I?"
"The video? Oh yeah. That was real priceless. And by the way, the guy's totally lying."
"He is not," Lawton said, turning to Bishop. "Go on. Tell her."
Bishop looked down. He shook his head. And when he looked up, his gaze rested on Lawton with the kind of disapproval only a big brother can manage. "You know you're acting crazy, don't you?"
"You're one to talk," Lawton said.
"And she's right," Bishop said. "The guywaslying."
Lawton's face froze. "What?"
"And you were supposed to stall her, not drag her down here and tie her up."
"Actually," Lawton said, "I used handcuffs."
"So," Bishop said, "you couldn't think of a better way to stall her than this?"
Lawton swallowed. He looked away. "It's just, I dunno." His voice broke. "I couldn't believe she played me like that."
"I wasn't playing you," I said.
"Yeah," Bishop said, "you know your pal, Brittney?" The way he said "pal," his opinion of her was obvious.
"Yeah?" Lawton said.
"Well," Bishop continued, "turns out, she orchestrated the whole thing, even gave him that fake story in case he got caught."
Lawton stared at him. "And you know this, how?"
"Lemme put it this way," Bishop said, "the guy's friend was a little more forthcoming, especially with the right encouragement."
"Yeah?" Lawton said. "And how do you know he wasn't lying the second time?"
