Chapter Sixty-Nine

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“You gonna stick by me?”

“Maybe….”

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“What’s going on?” I asked, yawning as Dom got back into the car.

“Oh,” he said, “I just needed to sign some stuff for Thomas. Had a little…discussion, with Johnny and Julie…”

“What?” I said, suddenly wide awake.

“Yeah,” Dom nodded. “She had the kid…a few weeks ago, I guess…”

“Good!” I said, grinning. “So I can finally beat the shit out of her, now that she’s not pregnant anymore, right?”

“Nah, baby,” Dom said, laughing as he looked over at me. “It’s over. Johnny and I came to an understanding. They stay away, we stay away…”

“What?” I practically yelled. “Dom…tell me you didn’t… I have been waiting to kick Julie’s ass for six whole fucking months… Please tell me you didn’t cut a deal with Johnny so now I can’t go anywhere near her…”

He didn’t say anything.

“Oh God, you did…” I moaned. “Fuck! You’re gonna owe me for that, you know…”

“Okay, Let,” Dom said. He was trying to play it off like he was all serious and shit, but I could tell he was just barely keeping a straight face.

“Gah,” I said, turning to look out the window. “You’re horrible, you know that?”

“Well…you gonna stick by me, horrible or not?” Dom said slowly, reaching over to take my hand in his.

“Maybe,” I sighed. “I guess. I’m stuck with you…couldn’t get over you even if I wanted to.”

“Good,” Dom said, bringing my hand up to his mouth and kissing my palm. “I never want you to get over me. ‘Sides,” he laughed, looking over at me, “I’m sure you’ll find another girl who deserves to get the shit kicked out of her soon enough…”

“Or maybe I’ll just kick the shit out of you,” I muttered, rolling my eyes.