Free Jamie-5 by Kathi S. Barton Page A

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    ~CHAPTER 8~

    To say that Dane was embarrassed would have been a gross understatement. And she did not know how they knew, but his brothers kept looking at her as though she had a sign that said “just had incredible climax” on her. Pi was making rice and cutting up vegetables and talking a mile a minute. Dane had been living with her for so long she no longer had to translate in her head what Pi was saying, but the Grants seemed lost.
    “She wants to know if you want any egg in your rice. I know asking if you have yellow slime in your diet is a little weird, but she means well. We usually speak in Chinese when we’re alone.”
    “Oh, well. Pi, you fix it however you wish. I love Chinese food. Morgan will be so jealous.
    But now that we’re on the subject of translator, could you explain what she means when she calls you her bacon? I’ve been trying to sort it out and I just…she does have a way with words doesn’t she?”
    “I say Missy Dane my bacon. She bring it home and I cook it. I no have job, I her…what are I Missy Dane? And be nice. We have people.”
    “You’re my companion. And my friend. I simply couldn’t make it without you. Although there are days that I think I’d like to try. Pi, how did you get Mr. Grant’s phone number to call him?”
    “Service lady. She call me with numbers to have when you get them. I have list of them. I keep for you and me. I have many Grants and he have nice name. So when you not open door, I call. He come fast. You keep him.”
    Dane flushed again. She should have asked later. When Jamie came up behind her and wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close, she felt heat rush her veins and her pussy flood with need. When she started to pull away from him, to try and get some distance, he pulled her back.
    “I want you to keep me too. If I promise not to come too fast, will you?” he whispered in her ear. Then he bit her lobe gently. It was everything she could do not to turn around and bite him back.
    “Dane, the police are going to talk to the family again. I want to thank you for looking into this, but next time, please make sure you aren’t locked in when you do it. I have never been so afraid in my life,” Devin was telling her.
    Jamie pulled her into his lap and before she could get away, he pressed his erection into her.
    Her body flushed again. Bryon grinned at her. She didn’t have any brothers, but she was pretty sure that if this one had been hers, he would have had a permanent black eye.
    “I wasn’t. Locked in, I mean. That door sticks all the time. The landlord won’t fix it. He said that the basement isn’t made for an office, that I’m lucky that he lets me run an office from there anyway. We were looking for a house to buy—Pi was looking. I have things I…I’m just her bacon. But things have changed now.”
    “About that. It seems you’re being evicted. Mr. Camel said that you have thirty days to leave the premises or he’ll have you removed. It’s within his rights, I’m afraid. He said that you don’t have a lease and that you don’t have a security deposit.” Dane looked at Pi who paled slightly.
    “I’ll do everything I can to help you. There are several houses in foreclosure right now, so you could get a good deal. Just let me know what you are looking for and I’ll do some searches.”

    “Mr. Grant, I appreciate your help, but Pi and I have been talking. I don’t think this is…I thought things would be different this time. I, we’ve decided that we’re going back to China. I thank you for—”
    “I don’t think so. No, I just don’t think so. I’ve just…Mom, I’m going to let Pi and Dane move in with me. I was going to talk to you about it later, but things have…you aren’t going back. I can’t let you.”
    “Wow, there buck-o. I make my own decisions. You have no say in where I live and what I do. If I wanted someone to dictate my life and how I run it, I would have stayed married.