The Only Bright Spot

I stiffened. They wanted me to call the guy who assaulted me and ask for a favor, for fuck’s sake. Hobbs was as well-connected as anyone in LA and could handle all this with a few well-placed words, but he wanted me to do it. He was punishing me because he saw this incident as a problem I created, what with my female tendency to misconstrue things.

“Absolutely,” I replied through gritted teeth. “I