Page 116 of Hunt for You

Fuck.

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FROM: Bridget

TO: Asshole (Jeremy Haines)

SUBJECT: Re: (blank subject)

Take the stick out of your ass. You know I’m all talk.

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FROM: Asshole (Jeremy Haines)

TO: Bridget

SUBJECT: Re: (blank subject)

I used to. Then I find out you’re back atVigorí,and meeting fresh psychos without me.

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FROM: Bridget

TO: Asshole (Jeremy Haines)

SUBJECT: Re: (blank subject)

It was unplanned, a personal thing, and I’m not going back. The dude is dangerous.

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FROM: Asshole (Jeremy Haines)

TO: Bridget

SUBJECT: Re: (blank subject)

Those are my favorite kind.

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I rolled my eyes, but I also swallowed, because he wasn’t joking.

He was, however, taking the bait. A tiny tingle of anticipation began to thread behind my navel.

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FROM: Bridget

TO: Asshole (Jeremy Haines)

SUBJECT: Re: (blank subject)

He’s a normal psycho. Born with an inferiority complex to go with his delusions of grandeur. But he folds like cheap paper under pressure. You’d be moving on in a couple hours.

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