“Claire, why you talking to that nigger?” he snarled.Stuff like that stopped bothering me years ago. I reeled my spinner bait up to the end of my ...ole and started to move up the river. It’s always better just to move on if you can.“You’re such an asshole,” Claire said to him. “I’ll talk to anyone I want to, Danny. I’d a hell of a lot rather talk to her than you.”He had reached her by that time and grabbed her by the arm. “Shut the fuck up!” he told her.“Stop it, you’re hurting me,” she yelled.I. I look up and meet Rick’s eyes across the table. He is glaring at me. He knows me well enough that he can tell when I’m aroused, and I’m definitely aroused right now. I need to catch my breath, so I excuse myself to the restroom. The men all stand when I do, then Rick says he’s going as well so he’ll walk with me. As soon as we turn the corner, Rick throws me against the wall and kisses me brutally, grabbing one of my tits while bending slightly to rub the bulge in his pants right between my. I assumed I would be here for a while, stranded at this lonely table, until she finally wondered where I was and looked around, I would go over when she waved me over. I took a few sips of my drink, watched them flirt and listened to the football game that was playing on the huge TV hanging on the wall behind the pool tables. I watched them laugh and my wife blushed again when the waitress came back to the table with their drinks. The stranger handed the young blonde a twenty and told her to. “Something’s wrong,” Arlade huffed, grinding his teeth. “They should have returned ages ago.”He strode purposefully back down the alley. He looked at two who were dumping a load of broken wood they’d collected. “Belim. Melique. Come here.”He waited until the two reached him. “Hedleddy and Barent were sent to the smithy to get some nails. They seem to be taking their time about it. Go tell them to hurry up.”“Yes, sir,” Melique responded with a nod. She and Kyd Belim took off at a trot towards.