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heard Tristan say .
    I walked in to find him sitting on one of the armchairs.
    “What do you want?” I asked .
    “Jackson is pissed with you, Nancy too, and if I’m honest so am I . ”
    “Is that supposed to bother me ? I don’t know you, so wh y should I care ? ”
    “We were there for you . ”
    “I know that , ” I said, raising my voice . “ And I’ve told you more than once, I couldn’t possibly thank you enough for what you’ve done for me, but that doesn’t mean I have to answer to you . ”
    “I never said it did . ”
    “Good . ”
    Both of us went silent for a moment, eyeballing each other.
    “Look , ” he said, breaking the silence . “Jackson is pissed, there’s no doubting that. Nancy is more upset than anything . She shouted her mouth off in the car, then went upstairs in tears when we got home. Neither of them wanted to talk to you, that’s why they kept rejecting your calls, but when they saw the message they softened a little. The fact that you were worried proved that you cared about them . ”
    “I do care . I don’t want anyone to get hurt . ”
    “And we don’t want you getting hurt, that’s the only reason I was going to kill that guy . ”
    “His name is Adam , ” I informed him .
    “I know. Leticia we are not cold blooded killers , but we protect our own by any means necessary. If that means killing, then I’m sorry but so be it . ”
    “He’s only a kid, his life hasn’t even started properly yet, you need to give people chances . ”
    “You’re a good person with a warm heart, but , that will put you in danger , ” he warned .
    “I know that, but I’m not stupid, that guy was so upset and scared . He just needed someone to believe in him, to help him. I’m not going to do that with everyone that comes here, most of them will probably end up dead, but I will sleep better tonight knowing that one of them will go on to lead a good life . ”
    “You hope . ”
    Again we both turned silent . I walked into the kitchen and poured myself a glass of wine, Tristan followed me in.
    “Who the hell gave you permission to break into my house by the way?” I snapped at him .
    “I’m sorry, I just wanted to check that you were OK ... actually that’s a lie . I wanted to know you were OK , obviously, but it was Jackson that asked me to come . ”
    “Why didn’t he come himself?”
    “He’s pissed . ”
    “So , ” I shrugged .
    “Jackson isn’t good with people anymore, he used to be . He was very sociable, lively, funny . ”
    “What changed?”
    “ That’s not for me to tell, that’s his personal life . ”
    “ Whatever , shouldn’t you be getting back?”
    “Yeah I guess I should . ”
    “See you around maybe . ”
    “Tish...”
    “Who?” I interrupted .
    “Well your full name is a bit of a mouthful . ”
    “Four syllables that’s all , Le-tic-ci-a , ” I split my name up slowly .
    “Well, I think Tish is enough, so that’s what I’m calling you . ”
    “Whatever , ” I sighed .
    “Ignore Jackson; his bark is worse than his bite . He cares about you, so he won’t stay away from you . He’ll want to make sure you’re OK . And Nancy, she’ll want to talk to you . ”
    “She has my number . ”
    He nodded and saw himself out.
    It was late now, and I had clients booked at ten in the morning, I felt safe tonight knowing that Adam was away and the other guy was dead. Hopefully I would get a good night’s sleep.
    The next morning I woke up with a smile on my face. I felt fresh and was actually looking forward to going to work. I had a lovely shower and a quick bite to eat before setting off. My first appointment went fantastically well . Mrs Towers, she was only in her thirties and had two month old twins, both of whom were fast asleep in their mosses baskets. I desperately wanted to cuddle them, but didn’t want to wake them. I did her nails in the kitchen so we could chat freely without fear of disturbing them. Mrs Towers was great, she was