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When the door clicked shut behind him, Yvette turned to Patti. “I’ve got something for you.” She was gri
“What?”
She crossed to the bed and plopped down on the chair. She held out a check.
Patti frowned. “A check? What for?”
“Take it and see.”
She did. It was made out to Patti O’Shay in the amount of ten thousand dollars.
The deposit to keep her from ru
Patti looked at Yvette in question.
“When I accepted your offer of fifty grand, I thought it’d be enough for me to start a new life. Give me a fresh start, a shiny clean slate. I’d go to school or start my own business.”
“You still could.”
“I’ve already started my new life.” She leaned forward. “It was never about having enough money. It was always about what was inside me.
“You took a bullet for me, just because you believed it was the right thing to do. This way-” she reached out and curved Patti’s fingers gently around the check. “-I’ll have stayed and helped you for all the right reasons.”
“I don’t know what to say.”
Yvette smiled. “I could use a friend? A real one this time.”
Patti returned her smile. “I like the sound of that. Friends.”
About Erica Spindler
Erica Spindler's bestselling novels include Dead Run, Bone Cold, All Fall Down and Cause for Alarm. She lives in the New Orleans area with her husband, an advertising executive, and their two sons.