Elgin

  *She said she might still spend the night with you. Her boss told her to ping him if she beds you, having photos of you in a compromising situation would be good, but he’ll only pay the bonus for a good action shot. He was fairly crude and detailed about it, she hung up on him about halfway through.*

  Though without help he wouldn’t have been able to tell she was still upset, her heart rate and blood pressure up and skin temperature slightly elevated.

  “Your sister al’right?” Elgin asked. Focused on being calm rather than sounding calm, his ‘cowboy’ came back fairly strongly.

  A quick smile, “Fine, just checking on me.”

  “She know’s your line of business?” She flushed and ducked her head, he sensed that it was as much anger as shame.

  So he subvocalized, *You sure the boss didn’t use a coded phrase for her to kill me?*

  *Can’t be certain but I don’t think so.*