Erin gave Astrid an appraising look, and then, under the table, she gave me a thumbs-up. On top of that, she somehow had two of Hiro’s seven percent! Black porn “Fuck, Marcus,” Erin breathed. I think I’ve got some at the house if they need to borrow it.” It was a bad joke, but I’m not particularly gifted in that way. Despite being a total bitch, she was a gorgeous woman in a boss-bitch sort of way. “Astrid!” She said in a loud whisper as the Norwegian woman approached her. Ray died because of her! Ray died because of her! “What’s the matter? I thought we’d clicked, and I’d been looking forward to enjoying a victory over some drinks… now, I didn’t think I’d be able to share a meal with her without wanting to lunge across the table and choke her out. We parted, but she kept our faces close as she looked up at me with her large, expressive eyes and said, “I’m fucking the shit out of you tonight.”
Less than ten minutes later, we cleaned up the mess we’d made of Erin’s makeup and returned to the
