Page 12 of Remiss
“I fear no man!”
“Really? You didn’t put up this much resistance about Christopher and Megan.”
“One marriage is enough—”
“Says you.Idon’t. I’m fucking bored. Either do it or I’mkillingBailey. Maybe, I’ll throw Harley into the mix just for kicks. After all, Easton will have spare time in between his advising.”
“Bash,” Johnnie started, his heart sinking. “Bailey and Harley are innocent.”
“According to you so is Megan, and your bitches. Interesting how you never mentioned Rebel.”
He’d keep his opinions to himself on that creature. “My daughter and Harley are little girls, Bash.”
“Isn’t Harley older than Rebel?”
“By a few months,” Johnnie said politely.
Bash studied Johnnie, then grinned again. “You don’t like our niece, do you?”
“Did I say that? Stop putting words in my fucking mouth!”
“It’s written all over your fucking face. You don’t like her.”
“She’s my niece, so watch your fucking tone.”
“She’s my niece, too,” Bash reminded Johnnie.
“More’s the pity.”
“Back to my order.”
Johnnie gritted his teeth. “Bailey closed her office in Portland. She’s back in Hortensia, so you won’t be able to get to her so easily.”
“Thank fuck you aren’t a member of my club, motherfucker,” Bash said, glaring at Johnnie. “I’d fucking kill you and put you out of your TSTL misery.”
“You’d kill me because I think the sky’s the limit?”
“You’re fucking with me.”
“TSTL. The sky’s the limit. How is that fucking with you?”
“Do none of the bitches read romance novels?”
“My woman loves romanticism. ‘Rob Roy’ is one of her favorite novels. My daughter loves William Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott.”
“I didn’t sayromanticliterature. I saidromance novels. There’s a fucking difference, idiot.”
“Do you mean ‘Jane Eyre’, ‘Sense and Sensibility’, and ‘Gone With the Wind’?”
“You’re making my fucking head hurt. Let’s drop the subject. For future reference, when someone says you’reTSTL, they mean too stupid to live.”
“I resent that.”
“Still don’t give a fuck and come up with something new. You’re not helping my boredom, although your ignorance entertains the fuck out of me. You’re so fucking easy to run circles around.”
“You’re right. Let’s drop this before I lose my fucking temper. You can’t kill Bailey or Harley. They are as innocent as my wife and daughter.”
“I can kill anyone I fucking please, asshole.”
