She asked my boyfriend if he was Jack and she smiled and said “Happy Birthday, Jack. My name is Cassandra and I’m your present this year.”Jack ...looked over at me, grinning from ear and ear, finally realizing what his present was going to be. I noticed that it didn’t take him long to show a bulge starting to protrude from his pants. Cassandra saw it, too, and took Jack’s arm and led him to a chair in our living room.We had some soft music playing and Cassandra started swaying her body to the. Brenda, the secretary I share with Don Sherwood, a colleague, looked at me with raised eyebrows."Oversleep?"I grinned at her. "No. Big changes over the weekend." Really?" Oh, yes. Tell you later." Okay. Just a couple of urgent items on your desk."I entered the office I shared with Don. He wasn't there, but I remembered he was at one of our periodic 'training sessions' in London for three days. I glanced at the 'urgent' items. Nothing too serious. I called home and arranged with Teri to meet for. Now, in front of him stood his goddaughter and her accomplice. "Time to learn some manners." Mitch's lips twisted into a sneer, as he floored the gas pedal. The AMG motor roared and turned the tires into white smoke as the Mercedes leaped forward.High-powered rifle rounds slammed into the SUV as Liv and Finn worked desperately to stop the vehicle bearing down on them. Though Finn had been a second late to join the firefight, they both ran out of ammo at the same time."Shit, get the fuck out of. I didn't plan to cook or store anything in the room, other than the junk from my trailer, so I got the most economical room they had.Before I turned the bike over to the shop, I stopped at a thrift store to purchase a pair of jeans. It was my plan to cut them off and just junk the ones I had worn so far. I paid five bucks for a pair of faded jeans which would cost twenty in a retail store. Even though I had lost a few pounds, I still bought the same size that I had worn previously. I didn't.