Kiss It Better
Not for anything.
But there was something more real about that life, something that kept me awake and energized. Fear, probably. Nothing good.
Still, for the last year, since buying the Biao, some part of me has been dormant. Sleep-walking through each day, no longer interested enough to pay attention. So fucking bored.
The office door opens again behind me. I don’t bother turning around—Ariq is the only staff member who comes in here, barring the morning cleaner.
“Problem?” I ask, peering down at the street below. A man who looks suspiciously like a drunk British aristocrat is weaving away along the sidewalk, shaking one fist in the air. “He seems to have gone without too much fight.”
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