She wanted to call Luken. It was her night off from the bar and she couldn’t think of anything she’d rather do than spend it with him. But if she picked up that phone she knew what she was signing up for. The talk. Surely he wouldn’t be greedy enough to want details. Well, at least great amounts of detail. She could tell him she’d been in a bad relationship and divorced. He didn’t need to know about the drugs, deaths and forced sexual encounters. It was all in the past. She picked up the receiver mounted on her kitchen wall and began to punch the numbers. The phone connected and began to ring. She inhaled a shaky breath as she waited for Luken’s voice to sound through the earpiece. What she heard made her pulse jump. “Yeah,” Luken answered. The sound of animals gone wild nearly drowned out his voice. Growls, yelps and the gnashing of teeth continued in the background. “Oh my God, Luken, what is that noise?” “It’s nothing. But can I call you back in a minute?” Another male voice crooned in the background, “Hell yeah, Kendall.
