100% Compatibility novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Sutton's Price
Maeve found us in the alley six minutes later, because she had seen the sedan fly past the Subaru with no lights on.
She took one look at Barrett on the bricks and went back for her bag.
"Hold still, Prince Charming," she said.
She cut his burnt sleeve away and laid wet gauze across his palm.
He cried a little, with his head back against the wall.
"It's second degree," she said.
"You'll keep the hand, and you'll hate it every time you shake one."
"Mom's going to kill me," he said.
"She's going to need a lawyer first," said Maeve.
He slept on her living-room floor that night with Biscuit on his chest, because the cat had decided he was furniture.
At two in the morning my phone buzzed on the arm of the couch.
"I have it," said the text.
"I want out."
"This isn't a deal. It's a price."
"Name a place. S."
I lay in the dark and thought about what Sutton understood about the world.
She understood that everything was an exchange, and that people who said they didn't want one were only asking for a better rate.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of 100% Compatibility are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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