The Impatient Lord
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“The sink. It’s been acting up. You’re here to fix it, right?”
“No,” he said, doing his best not to shout at her for being so clueless. “I’m not.”
She wrinkled her nose, glancing over him slowly. “You’re incredibly fit. Has anyone ever told you that before? You have great bone structure.” Her gaze slid to a framed picture on her wall. “Have we met before?”
Duke couldn’t make heads or tails of the picture on the wall. The thing looked like badly done modern art. She seemed pretty focused on it, before looking at him again.
She sucked in a large breath. “Oh, you have a gun.”
Finally.
“Listen, Doc, we need to get you to safety.”
Something in her expression changed. “You’re not with the Corporation, are you?”
He shook his head. He didn’t know who the hell the Corporation was.
She took a tiny step back. “You’re Jimmy’s friends and you want to kill me, right?”
He lifted his arms to signal he wasn’t a threat. He wasn’t sure it actually worked. She seemed very engrossed by his sidearm. He offered as soft a look as he could muster. “Here. All gone, okay?” He slipped the handgun into his waistband. “My name is Duke and I come in peace. Listen, a group of men are gunning for you. I need to get you to safety. Are you okay with that?”
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