Page 45 of Savage Knight
“I’m not sure why I even bother,” Jeremiah mumbled.
“How the fuck do you put up with the migraines?I’m dying!”
Rolling his eyes, Jeremiah went back to typing out his emails.
“My life flashed before my eyes.”Saxon groaned.“There’s some shit I wish I hadn’t seen again.”
“When your brain unfreezes let me know about the mole.”
“No idea yet,” Saxon replied, still rubbing his temples.“The background checks haven’t all come in.I’m not as good at this as Evren.My specialty is removing fingers, not fingerprinting them.So, you’ll have to be patient.It’s a virtue, you know.”
“Fuck off.”
Saxon got to his feet.“If you insist.Geez, you’re in a bad mood.When I’m in a bad mood I like to play jack-o-lantern on a deserving soul.You should try it sometime.It’s very therapeutic.Speaking of which, when do I get another toy?”
“As soon as you find the mole,” Jeremiah replied.“Then feel free to hack him to pieces.”
“Ah, motivation.Was that so hard?”
Jeremiah picked up his stapler and threw it at him.Saxon ducked, laughing his ass off, and hurried out the door.Fucking stepbrothers.
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Souvenir shops linedeach side of Main Street, beckoning her like a siren song.The quaint town resembled a movie set, but film didn’t do justice to the picturesque setting.Each shop beckoned her to enter like a typical tourist.
“After breakfast, we can go shopping if you’d like.”
Her eyes widened in delight.“We can?”
“If you want to.”
“I want!I want!”she exclaimed happily, bouncing a little in her seat.“Scias forbade me to go anywhere unless he was with me, so basically nowhere.I only had books and television to connect to the outside world.This town is marvelous.”
Evren patted her leg.“We have nowhere to be, so we can take our time today.But first, breakfast.I don’t know about you but my stomach is rumbling with hunger.”
He pulled into the parking lot of a diner boasting they had the world’s best pancakes.He held her hand as they entered the cozy restaurant.Scents of coffee and bacon and maple syrup blended together to cause her stomach to rumble.They sat at booth and a waitress arrived right away to greet them and hand them menus.
“I know they have the world’s best pancakes here, but I want to try a waffle with whipped cream,” she said.
“You’ve never eaten a waffle?”
She shook her head.“Remember, I’ve been on a strict diet my whole life.I had to eat heathy, and it’s why I hate eggs.I never want to eat another egg again in my life.”
He smiled.“Except in cake?”
“There are exceptions to the egg thing, and yes, cake is one of them.I remember having a birthday cake once, when I was about nine or ten.It was chocolate with vanilla icing.”
“That was one more cake than I had,” he remarked.
“Ah.Shitty parents.”
“Yep.”
They ordered and enjoyed their coffee until their food arrived, and Lowen could hardly believe how big the waffle was.The sides hung off the plate and yummy-looking whipped cream covered almost the whole thing.The first bite melted in her mouth, and she couldn’t stop a little moan from escaping.Evren cocked an eyebrow.
“That went right to my dick, so thanks for that,” he teased.
“You’re welcome,” she quipped.“I’ve decided I love waffles.The whipped cream is my favorite.”
