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skin rained down onto the table. He turned to Colin. “Tomorrow’s Sunday,” he said as he swallowed.
                  Colin edged his plate closer, lest he suffer more food casualties. “Yeah.”
                  “Jen doesn’t work on Sundays.”
                  “Right.” On instinct, his eyes sought her out. She was standing a few tables away, setting down a customer’s food, jeans molded to her ass in a way that made him want to move around in his chair.
                  “I thought we’d see about getting you a bike,” Candy said, pulling his attention back.
                  “What?” He felt a fast grab of excitement. He hadn’t grown up thinking much about bikes, but when you were in this club, and spent enough time around them, you started to crave a machine of your own. Right now, a bike would mean his own slice of freedom: alone on the road, wind in his face, nothing but his own thoughts for company. “Really?”
                  “Yeah. I know a guy who can cut you a good deal on one.”
                  And just like that, his sudden joy sank. He stared down at his plate. “I don’t know that I can…afford…anything.”
                  Candy made a considering sound as he chewed. “I ain’t been paying you for this, have I?” He gestured to Gabe’s, the watchdog gig.
                  “No.”
                  He nodded. “Then don’t worry about affording anything.”
     
    ~*~
     
    Candy
     
    “Nobody’s seen him anywhere,” Jinx said. He took a long drag on his smoke and leaned back against the couch cushions. “I checked at his old haunts, talked to his old girls, and he ain’t been seen or heard from.”
                  “Tiny miracles,” Candy said with a sigh. In his mind, the best way to keep Riley away from Jen was to keep track of the bastard, and since his release, that had been impossible.
                  “You still wanna head over to the Armadillo?”
                  Ah, the Armadillo. Good place to have an overpriced drink; good place to find a girl to sit in your lap. Good place to slide into a back booth and get information.
                  “Yeah. Lemme check in with Jen first.”
                  Jinx nodded and propped his boots on the coffee table, content to wait.
                  Jen had headed to the sanctuary almost an hour ago, and he found her in her room, with the door open, in her bathrobe, combing out her hair as she sat on the bed and watched a video on her laptop.
                  “Any boys allowed in here?” he asked from the doorway.
                  “Certain boys.” She set her brush aside and began separating her wet hair with her fingers, preparatory to braiding it. He’d never been close enough to any woman in his life to predict her little evening routines. He knew his sister’s; maybe that meant he wasn’t a total drifter. “What’s up?”
                  “I told Colin I’d take him to find a bike tomorrow morning.”
                  Her brows lifted. “Big step. Guess you’re not sending him back to the swamp?” It was hard to tell if there was hope or regret in her voice; either way, there was a spark of interest in her eyes that proved she wasn’t indifferent.
                  “Guess not,” Candy agreed. “He’s been doing a good job at Gabe’s? Watching out for you?”
                  She looked back at her computer. “Yeah.”
                  “No complaints?”
                  “None that would matter to you.”
                  He chuckled. “Do you like him?”
                  She didn’t answer.
                  “Jen,” he pressed.
                  “I don’t like anyone. You know