Always Friday (22 page)

The first thing he was going to do was find her a job in his
organization that would keep her off the streets.

After she unhooked the Rolls in front of the garages, Nick
took a couple of hundred from his money clip and handed it to her.

“What’s this?” she asked, frowning at the bills in her hand.

“Consider it payment for the extra irritation at the club.”

Did he think he could wave a little cash under her nose and
everything would be all right? Anger boiled up in her like an overheated
radiator as she extracted her usual fee and thrust the rest back at him. Why
had she ever thought this macho jerk was attractive?

“It’s been irritating all right, Mr. Russo, but I won’t take
hush money!” Scrambling into the truck, she slammed the door and revved the
engine. Leaning out the window, she yelled, “And you can tell Mr. Milella that
the Viking has bumped his last grind!”

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