” She hung up abruptly. I tried to concentrate on work but was unable to do so for the rest of the day, imagining what might happen that night. As I...walked in I scanned the bar for her but didn’t see her. I walked up, ordered myself a beer. Waiting, I scoped the room using the mirror behind the bar. A redhead caught my eye in the mirror. At first I thought it might be the redhead I had been caught staring at last night. I looked closer. It wasn’t her. It was Val. She was dressed to fuck. No. I showed up at nine, exactly on time. He was waiting at the door to go in. He looked like he had tried to dress up. All the money in the world couldnt make this man look sexy. He was about three hundred pounds and the way his belly was formed, he looked a little like Santa Clause. I didnt care. He paid well and he was hung, and that was a double bonus in my eyes. His brown eyes lit up a little when he saw me. He stood a little taller and held out his arm. He didnt have much for looks, but he. She raised her hands in surrender as she heard Montague picking himself up from the floor.“Oh, Cait.” Montague chided her, moving into her field of vision. His cheek was bloody, the skin split on his cheekbone where her metal knuckles had landed. “I was never a fan of doing things the hard way. We are going to have to do something about your pride.”“I’m sorry.” Cait said, sincerely. “It was just a reflex.”“Oh? So you had no control over your actions?” He didn’t wait for her to answer. “We can’t. "Don't be upset about Con, the last year has been very hard on him worrying about Mother, his temper is like a match it flares then burns out" Zachary sighed "and what about you? do you have a temper like a match? Lexi smiled "I have a terrible temper" Zachary smiled "I find that hard to believe" Lexi laughed "I do but I don't lose my temper often, what will you do now? stay at Salvation?" With a look much to weary for someone his age Zachary shrugged "I don't know, there is no better teacher.