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I puffed smoke at him and laughed,
    “You have me now, but I never agreed to behave.” Marshall was looking at me in horror, probably because I was smoking a cigar, and I wondered exactly how long it would take me to make him believe.

Chapter Five
     
     
    Why was my life so complicated? Oh, that’s right; my parents couldn’t wait to get pregnant naturally and had to ask Cain to put a bun in the oven. Ok, I admit they didn’t know at the time, and my mom was still in denial, but my dad was unbelievably guilty. Were my mom couldn’t see Adram, my dad could and it was because of him I agreed to let Adram train me. I think he thought that if I could at least defend myself I would be fine. The only problem with that, was that it put an even bigger target on my head. It was also one of the main reasons my dad wanted me to work for him but I couldn’t. I was my mother’s daughter and incredibly stubborn. Plus, I thrived on the sin of stealing and anything else bad enough for me to feel it. If I was down on energy, I could always flash my boobs in an emergency. Although my mom didn’t appreciate it when I flashed the Women’s Institute at the local fair. It was an emergency! They would’ve given a diabetic a Mars Bar but no, they screamed and my mom fainted on top of the charity baking stand. What made it worse was that I was laughing so much I couldn’t help her. I still don’t think she’s forgiven me, even after fifteen years.
    By the look on the Major’s face, he thought I was going to be a nuisance too. So, why did he want me? On the way home, escorted by armed soldiers might I add, I was wracking my brain on the why. There were other organisations out there that I knew full well the Major would have his little, piggy fingers in. Surely that stupid woman who exposed Little Haven’s public to the big bad would have done this? It was quite apparent he hadn’t known everything about me and when I sucked out one of his sins, I thought he was going to kill me. Luckily, he needed me way too much to do what he wants. As long as he wasn’t going to collect me at the end of this it may be profitable for me. I wouldn’t leave the building until he agreed to leave my family alone and pay me. When I left, I thought I only had one problem, but the more I thought about it, the more issues started to swim against my better judgement.
    I didn’t work well with others and I now found myself lumbered with Marshall Walker. What made it a million times worse was that the Major insisted/blackmailed me into allowing Marshall to stay with me. I had never, ever let a man stay in my house. Cam was too young and didn’t count while my dad avoided me thanks to his guilt. What the hell was I going to do with a real life cowboy? The things that were flitting across my brain were way too sinful for him to agree to. Then there’s the fact he has a daughter and was probably married to a super model. Yet again, the gorgeous sex god was either married or gay…just my luck. Then there was the issue of me being on a sex strike thanks to Dorian. When I saw him again I was going to kick him so hard in the balls he’d have to change his name to Dora the Explorer. THEN I had to find out where in the hell Adram had vanished off to. I’d never felt so alone in my life sitting in that god-awful room. Adram had been a constant in my life for years, whether I wanted him to be or not, and it felt so weird without him.
    It was safe to say I was now in a mood. This was the reason I didn’t do groups! They put me in moods, and when we had to make a pit stop to pick up Mr Walker Texas Ranger’s things I was sighing so hard I nearly hyperventilated. Not a good look on someone who’s supposed to be all kick arsery. He was only staying in the village, which was a good thing; the bad thing was his room was in the Cock Inn. I glared at Kibble as he shrugged and mentally added him onto the shit list in my head.
    I was now standing outside my front door