He continued, “I’ll clue you in. You just agreed to allow me to punish you as I see fit in exchange for keeping your job, if you didn’t tell me ...he truth. Now, did you tell me the truth, Miss Green?”Jamie shook her head silently, tears spilling down her cheeks. “No, you didn’t. You lied directly to my fucking face,” Mr. Harvey growled, anger bubbling in his voice. “and now you’re going to pay for that.” He stood up straight and approached Jamie, towering over her he grabbed her by the arms. When she screamed again, and spun on the cable, I could see the welts on her back and across her breasts, and for an instant I wanted to throw the whip aside and take her down, ending this. I think she was concerned that I might do just that, for an instant later she sucked in a deep breath and cursed me. "Fuck! Is that all you've got? Big scary man? You're a pussy!"I smiled to myself, as I knew exactly what she was doing. Yes, she sounded like she was trying to goad me into hitting her harder.. We used some of her furniture and stored the rest. Whenever someone had a need, we tried to help out and, by the time March was born, we had finally cleaned it out. Laura had never asked about money though she paid her few bills and we had made no large purchases. When I suggested she not work, she looked worried. I showed her my finances. She said, "I never knew I was marrying into wealth. I never thought of us as poor, Paul. I just never thought about money because it never seemed to be an. Then I take over and kill her.” Slamming down the phone, Tatyana smiled, sipping on the vodka.Griggs talked to himself again, moving around the room in a hyped-up caffeine and coke powered rage, repeating, “Need a bitch to kill the Cat.”“What about Raeann Blackthorn?” the bodyguard asked.“Who?”“Raeann Blackthorn, hitter out of Rock Bottom, also known as Ice or Cold as Ice. I heard she’s hanging out at South Beach, just soaking up the sun. She did a big job for...”“Raeann, yeah, sure, sure. A.