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“What’s so funny?”
“I was just thinking about you.”
“We’re psychic.”
“How are you doing?” Kick asked.
“Alright. I was concerned about you. How are things at Bar Nada?”
He knew Kick understood he meant, “How are things with Logan?”
“The kitchen’s coming along fine. It’s a great remodel.”
“I don’t mean the kitchen. How are you? How’s he been acting?”
“We’ve run the new lines for the sink.”
“You can’t talk. He’s standing right there.”
“Right. It’s really going to be great.”
“You sounded worried last Sunday. About him, I mean.”
“Everything’s okay. Our little plantation is almost ready for harvest.”
“I thought it was harvested. I don’t understand how growing pot can
take so long. Isn’t there a normal growing season?”
“We’re timing the lights. Logan’s been harvesting flower tops for the
last month. He’s boxed up a nice big bunch just for you,” Kick said.
“Oh, really?” With just a touch of insecticide.
“He wants me to thank you for letting him stay here.”
“Don’t put words into his mouth. It’s only as a favor to you.”
“You make it all possible.” Kick’s attention was pulled away from the
phone, then returned. “Logan says it’s a perfect three-way split.”
“That’s a contradiction in terms.”
“Trust me. Let me work with the balance of things,” Kick said.
“Another month or so and we’ll have worked these plants for all they’re
worth. This little project will make us all a lot of money. Out of season,
this crop will have a great going-rate. We’ll have more cash to button up
some top-notch art direction for Universal Appeal. I think it’s time to get
back on the book, don’t you?”
“When are you coming back?”
“Give me a couple more weeks, okay?”
“That long?”
“I need some time to think.”
“About what?”
“About what we talked about.”
Ryan felt a twinge of hope. Maybe he had broken through. “Are you
still working out?”
“You betcha. There’s a great gym over in Santa Rosa.” Kick paused.
He made no reference to steroids. He was testing Ryan’s resolve. “Living
here at the ranch is great for training. Logan drained your goose pond.

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