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“I’ll be fine,” I said.
“You damn well better be.”
“Yes sir,” I said before I could stop myself.
He laughed.
“I’m drifter trash, kid. Don’t call me sir.”
“Yes, Kraken.”

Miranda shook her head at me, a silent warning not to take things further. I wrapped her hair around my fingers and pulled.
It was like a switch. Miranda’s eyes closed, and when they opened again, the look that had nearly undone me on the deck hit me again.
“You’re a real problem,” she said, pressing me up against the sink.
I chose to respond by pulling her lips to mine.