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want?”
“No. But do you want to continue like this? I don’t know what’s wrong with Dad, but I’m beginning to think this isn’t going to work.”
“This what?”
“Us and you in the club.”
“And you are asking me to choose between you and the club?”
“No, of course not. What I would like is for Dad to get the pinecone out of his ass. But if he can’t, do you want to be treated like this for the rest of your life? I don’t.”
“Maybe we should just cool it for a while.”
Jenny’s eyes narrowed. “Cool it? What does that mean?”
Asher sat down beside her. “Not what you are thinking. But maybe, just put a little space between us until your dad comes around. The club needs him focused on this Hamasaki problem. Right now he is dividing his attention between that and worrying about us.”
“So you want to…?”
“Calm down,” he said gently. “I just want to get this Hamasaki problem behind us. Once we get that sorted, then we can worry about your dad.”
“So you want to…?” she asked again.
“I’m not sure what I want. I want you, that much is certain. But I’m trying to figure out how to get your dad focused on the real problem. I feel like a distraction. Every time we are in a room together, it’s like he can’t focus. I’ve talked to Kenny, and he has noticed I,t too. He said he’s like that when I’m not around, but not as badly. So it has to be us. He’s so twisted up still that he can’t think. I don’t know what to do for him except to try to give him what he wants.”
“Which is what?”
“Us apart, I guess.” He quickly held up his hand to forestall Jenny’s comment when she opened her mouth. “I’m not giving you up. I will leave the club first. But maybe if we backed off a little. Maybe I move back to my house and I don’t live here anymore. Something like that.”
“And how are you supposed to be my bodyguard if you are twenty minutes from me?”
“That wouldn’t change. I would still be here to take you to school and get you home. But as you pointed a long time ago, this is a secured building. You should be safe enough.”
“Yeah. That certainly kept me safe the last time.”
Asher grinned ruefully. “Yes, I know. But they have installed bulletproof glass around the security station and security is armed now. What happened the last time shouldn’t happen again.”
“I still don’t like it,” Jenny said.
“I don’t like it either. But I don’t know what else to do. We will never have peace so long as Hamasaki is free. Having our girls smacked around, putting the cops onto the Bucs and the Trifectas, and setting fire to our properties. He could make another play for you for all I know. Do you want to go on living like this?”
“Why don’t you, the HDs, I mean, just kill him?”
Asher looked a Jenny and shook his head with a snort. “You certainly have gotten blood thirsty. Because the Demonios are clearly backing him now. We can’t get at him and still keep it quiet. We don’t want to bring the cops into this, so it has to be done off the radar. We don’t want him dead, we just want him to disappear.”
“Isn’t that the same thing?”
“To him it is. But to the outside world? No. It’s two completely different things.”
Jenny snapped her laptop closed and set it onto the table. “I hate this shit! Why can’t people just leave us alone?”
“Once this is behind us, they will. We will be totally legit business. The Bucs have already taken the last of our drug customers. We just have to handle this one last detail and then we will be free of it.”
Jenny sighed. “Yeah, I guess. But you’re not leaving tonight. We’ll talk about it some more tomorrow and try to figure something out.”
Asher smiled, his feelings for her clear in how he looked at her. “Sounds like a plan.”
“Are you sure you
“No. But do you want to continue like this? I don’t know what’s wrong with Dad, but I’m beginning to think this isn’t going to work.”
“This what?”
“Us and you in the club.”
“And you are asking me to choose between you and the club?”
“No, of course not. What I would like is for Dad to get the pinecone out of his ass. But if he can’t, do you want to be treated like this for the rest of your life? I don’t.”
“Maybe we should just cool it for a while.”
Jenny’s eyes narrowed. “Cool it? What does that mean?”
Asher sat down beside her. “Not what you are thinking. But maybe, just put a little space between us until your dad comes around. The club needs him focused on this Hamasaki problem. Right now he is dividing his attention between that and worrying about us.”
“So you want to…?”
“Calm down,” he said gently. “I just want to get this Hamasaki problem behind us. Once we get that sorted, then we can worry about your dad.”
“So you want to…?” she asked again.
“I’m not sure what I want. I want you, that much is certain. But I’m trying to figure out how to get your dad focused on the real problem. I feel like a distraction. Every time we are in a room together, it’s like he can’t focus. I’ve talked to Kenny, and he has noticed I,t too. He said he’s like that when I’m not around, but not as badly. So it has to be us. He’s so twisted up still that he can’t think. I don’t know what to do for him except to try to give him what he wants.”
“Which is what?”
“Us apart, I guess.” He quickly held up his hand to forestall Jenny’s comment when she opened her mouth. “I’m not giving you up. I will leave the club first. But maybe if we backed off a little. Maybe I move back to my house and I don’t live here anymore. Something like that.”
“And how are you supposed to be my bodyguard if you are twenty minutes from me?”
“That wouldn’t change. I would still be here to take you to school and get you home. But as you pointed a long time ago, this is a secured building. You should be safe enough.”
“Yeah. That certainly kept me safe the last time.”
Asher grinned ruefully. “Yes, I know. But they have installed bulletproof glass around the security station and security is armed now. What happened the last time shouldn’t happen again.”
“I still don’t like it,” Jenny said.
“I don’t like it either. But I don’t know what else to do. We will never have peace so long as Hamasaki is free. Having our girls smacked around, putting the cops onto the Bucs and the Trifectas, and setting fire to our properties. He could make another play for you for all I know. Do you want to go on living like this?”
“Why don’t you, the HDs, I mean, just kill him?”
Asher looked a Jenny and shook his head with a snort. “You certainly have gotten blood thirsty. Because the Demonios are clearly backing him now. We can’t get at him and still keep it quiet. We don’t want to bring the cops into this, so it has to be done off the radar. We don’t want him dead, we just want him to disappear.”
“Isn’t that the same thing?”
“To him it is. But to the outside world? No. It’s two completely different things.”
Jenny snapped her laptop closed and set it onto the table. “I hate this shit! Why can’t people just leave us alone?”
“Once this is behind us, they will. We will be totally legit business. The Bucs have already taken the last of our drug customers. We just have to handle this one last detail and then we will be free of it.”
Jenny sighed. “Yeah, I guess. But you’re not leaving tonight. We’ll talk about it some more tomorrow and try to figure something out.”
Asher smiled, his feelings for her clear in how he looked at her. “Sounds like a plan.”
“Are you sure you
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