“Val and Johnnie parking the van.”
“I don’t want Johnnie to hear,” she blurted.
Mortician sighed. “That fucking bad, huh, baby?”
She nodded just as Johnnie and Val walked in.
Val nodded to her. Johnnie glowered.
“Can I please talk to Bash in the conference room?” She nodded behind her. “You’ll be able to see in.”
Val nudged Johnnie.
“Where do you need me to be, Kendall?” he asked begrudgingly. He looked so pale. “With you or out here?”
She lowered her lashes. “Out here.”
Bash started for the conference room door, then paused and looked at Val. They studied each other.
Val smirked. “Tell Wally, Jr. that cunt dead and chipped up.”
A muscle ticked in Bash’s jaw. His nod was almost imperceptible. “Don’t know a Wally, Jr.”
“In case you did,” Val retorted.
“They protect all you cunts so fiercely?” Bash demanded, staring at Kendall.
“Why wouldn’t they?” she asked irritably. “Motherfuckers like you are determined to hurt us and ignore what we want.”
“I thought you’d want romance. I didn’t do it right?”
She wanted to beat him with the beautiful roses. “Not if you were touching me against my fucking will!”
Bash frowned. “Shouldn’t it be up to me to change your mind? No means yes for a romantic motherfucker?”
“I don’t know why I’m so fucking disappointed in you.”
Bash lifted his brows. “Disappointed? In me? Only people ever felt disappointment in me was my daddy and my sister. No one else gives enough of a fuck.”
“Honesty and respect are basic tenets of human decency, fuckhead,” she gritted. “I have questions I need answers to. I need your help.”
His pale green gaze swept over her again. “Never had a high-class cunt pretty herself up for me.”
“You’ve never had a high-class anything, asshole.”
Bash chuckled. “Got your balls back, now that your swinging cocks are here to protect you, huh, babe?”
Flushing, she glanced away. “You know a lot about us, so I’m sure you know about Spoon.”
“Who says I know anything about you?”
She glared at him.
“Fine,” he huffed. “I know. If he wasn’t dead, I would fuck him up for touching you.”
“I took care of that myself,” Johnnie snapped, finally finding his fucking voice. “Kendall’smine. I will kill anyone who looks at her wrong.”
“Or fuck with them some other way, huh, Johnnie?” Val asked in disgust.
