Page 88 of Secret Weapon

“Because I’d have to pay an extra assistant, and we’re not all made of money.”

“How much does working in a craft store pay?Forty grand a year?Fifty?You could make that in a week and spend the rest of your time on the beach.Hell, you could take a decent break with what you earned this morning.”

“What I earned?What are you talking about?”

“You think we’re doing this for free?”

Emmy definitely took after her father, however unpalatable she might find that fact.Both had the unique ability to make me feel like the village idiot.

“In case you didn’t notice, my mind was on other things.”

“Understandably, but we’re working as a team here, whether you like it or not.Blackwood will be billing the client for our time, and since you did a chunk of the work, you get a chunk of the money.Just tell me where you want it wired.”

Wired?Darla banked at the credit union in Coos Bay.I couldn’t have hundreds of bucks deposited there because they prided themselves on a personal service and everyone would want to know where the money came from.

Turned out there were some eventualities I hadn’t been prepared for after all.

Luckily, Emmy misinterpreted my hesitation.

“If you don’t trust me with your account details, I can just send over a big ol’ bag of cash, okay?But you should still consider taking more vacations.”

“Maybe I’d like to take an actual break that doesn’t involve killing people?”

Although if I went to Virginia to see Alex, I might get tempted to murderher.

“Suit yourself.I need to call this in and get these assholes put on ice.Alex can drive you back to Baldwin’s Shore.Plus you should call Luca—when I spoke with him earlier, he was worried about how you were holding up.”

See?People cared.

“Make sure you get someone out to the house with the EMTs.”

“It’s top of the list.”She shook her head as she walked away.“Fuckingmilk.”

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