Chapter 56

“Okay. Hurry and get dressed, then. I’m starved.”

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Paul had been moved to another room. “Could you believe that asshole who was in the other bed?”

“I thought he was just a little high-strung.”

He gave me a look. “Are you nuts? He was insane. I’d just been given a shot of Dilaudid and was feeling no pain—literally—but I was with it enough to hear him go off the deep end.”

“Why? No one here knows what we do.”

“It wasn’t about that. It was because we’re gay.”

“Oh, please.”

“I’m not kidding. You missed all the good stuff. I thought he was gonna have a heart attack, especially when Vince showed him his gun.”

“Wait, Vince carries a gun?” It must have something to do with being a troubleshooter.

“Yes, he does. Now, may I finish?”

“Please do,” I said meekly, and he gave me a look.