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what day it was.”
    Khail stopped chewing and then started speaking with a mouthful of food. “Oh, snap. It’s your birthday, huh?”
    Kyson rolled his eyes and returned his attention to his sister. “Thanks for calling, Baby G. When you coming out this way again?”
    â€œWhen the ground stops shaking and those damn trees stop burning.” She laughed. “I keep trying to tell you and Khail that California is going to drop off into the ocean. But a hard head will make a soft butt.”
    Kyson laughed. “Then I guess that means I’m going to have to trek back to the Dirty South if I’m going to see my favorite sister in the whole world.”
    â€œFunny. I’m your only sister.”
    â€œGood thing,” he volleyed. “The world wouldn’t have been able to take two of you.”
    Kyson, the middle child of the three siblings, was generally considered the levelheaded one. He was oftentimes odd man out among his friends for actually believing the legal system could work. He had to believe in order to make sense out of being a cop.
    A damn good cop.
    â€œSo, are you keeping to your rule on your birthday?” Naomi probed.
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œYou know. No sex until fight night.”
    Kyson chuckled. “You have your nose too far up my business, little girl.”
    â€œHell, I just want you to get a life.” She snickered and then yawned. “It’s a damn shame your baby sister gets more than you these days.”
    â€œWith who?” he thundered protectively. “What’s his name? What does he do? Who are his people?”
    Naomi just laughed. “Chill. You’re crazy if you think I’m about to tell you or knuckleheaded Khail my business so you can run police and credit checks on them. I can handle my own business.”
    Kyson was silent, wondering if he should call up some of his old high-school boys in Atlanta and put a tag on Naomi. She didn’t know men like he knew them, and the last thing he wanted was to see her hurt. “All right. I’m gonna leave it alone.”
    â€œGood.”
    â€œFor now,” he amended.
    â€œWhatever. You just make sure you find yourself a nice birthday present,” she teased. “Breaking your no-sex rule this one time won’t be the end of the world.”
    â€œI’m hanging up,” he said, determined not to have this conversation.
    â€œAll right. I’m just trying to help out.”
    â€œThanks, but I think I can handle my own sex life.” Despite that it currently consisted of him whacking off in the shower.
    The moment he ended the call, Khail wrapped an arm around his neck and held him in a choke hold.
    â€œHappy birthday, little man.” Khail rubbed his knuckles against the top of Kyson’s head and then released him shortly before he passed out. “Tell you what. No training today. It’s officially your day off.”
    â€œI take it this means you didn’t buy a gift?”
    â€œI’m going to get you something better than a gift,” Khail boasted. “I’m going to get you laid. It’s been a few months since you broke up with that psycho you were dating. It’s time to get your feet wet again.”
    â€œThat’s all right,” Kyson said, remembering the near-anorexic women with fake double D’s Khail usually dated. “I can handle my own love life.”
    â€œLove?” Khail said, truly perplexed. “Who said anything about love? This is about getting laid so you can stop jerking off in the shower.”
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    For three days Michael waited on pins and needles for the police to return and haul her off to jail. Three days of eating everything that wasn’t nailed down. Three days of packing her clothes and then unpacking them at the thought of living the rest of her life on the run.
    For the first time in her life, Michael was completely at someone else’s mercy. The thought of