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Kingsley sat down across from him and placed the bourbon on the table between them The alanced first at the bourbon, as if wondering where it caot there, before his eyes settled on to Kingsley’s

"I’ to ask you a question, and it’s isley did his best to te of it entirely The accent got him attention when he wanted it but in such a noisy room, he needed to speak as clearly as possible "Luckily for you, I will tell you the correct answer before I ask the question And that answer is twenty-one"

"Twenty-one?" The blond spoke in some sort of accent of his own--A man was far from home "What’s the question?"

"How old are you?"

The blond’s eyes widened In the disley couldn’t h tonight he wouldn’t be picky

"Twenty-one," he repeated "I’sley said, sht be twenty-one

"Do you work here?" the blond asked

"I wouldn’t call it work"

"I can go I should go" The blond started to stand, but Kingsley tapped the table

"Sit," he ordered The blond sat A pron that he could and would take orders "Tellanswer this tied, as if the question were obvious

"You know Tits Asses Naked girls"

"You weren’t looking at the girls Not even the one who took your drink order Which I found interesting, as she was sley took another sip of his bourbon straight from the bottle It burned his throat all the way to his stomach The woody aftertaste stained the inside of hishere, but I can--"

"Do your parents know?"

"Knohat? That I’ain, but Kingsley kicked his leg under the table, and the boy landed hard back in his chair

"You can go when I say you can go," Kingsley said "Now, any other ay But you try to leave I can only assuue with me because it’s true"

The blond sat in silence and didn’t sley would have noticed hiular face, high enough cheekbones to give hi eyes, eyes that never rested for long, as if he were forever looking over his shoulder His hair was the pale variety of blond, the Nordic variety Kingsley’s favorite He wore clothes designed to blend in with a crowd--faded jeans, white shirt, black jacket But he’d failed in his attesley had noticed him at once