That was one of the reasons I'd joined the dojo, to learn discipline and control. When your emotions ruled you, bad things happened. Talon had known, ...amn him."I don't know what I'm going to do," I told him with a sigh, scrubbing at my face roughly to help me think."Well, we can brainstorm on the way," Talon told me, walking over to me and extending a hand. I let him help me up, though it wasn't necessary, trying to repress my reaction to him.I dropped his hand quickly, ignoring the urge to. . you're going to have me hit?!" Buttbitch!" Min Li shouted at the five-minute mark."You were going to have me hit?" Gillespy looked hurt."Three heads of the company is one head too many."Gillespy frowned. "Not two heads too many?" I need a scapegoat to take any potential falls. And Bryant's the perfect idiot for that." Or maybe Gillespy and I will get rid of you, Ashford!" Bryant stepped beside Gillespy. "Won't we, Charles?" Get your hand off my ass, Bryant!" Gillespy muttered. Nin turned pale and her hand felt clammy as I held it.I hoped we were heading for a hospital as some of the injured in thehelicopter looked in a bad way. People screamed as the helicopter bankedsuddenly, and I had to grab Nin to stop her sliding along the floor. Wemade another couple of quick turns before we began to descend quicklyand we landed with a thump. The side doors slid open and nurses andorderlies started to help people off. Those of us who could walk wereushered to one side as the. She wondered how much she should push him to find out what it was. She was too tired to use much finesse.“So, this is the point where I can either keep probing, asking tons of questions until I can figure out why you're looking like someone just stole your cookie, or we can just skip all that and you just tell me,” she blurted out.“Oh, Mila, you have such a bedside manner,” he joked, but the smile never reached his eyes.“Spit it out, Jackson." She started walking around the big kitchen,.