Thicker than water-

Chapter 10

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He mentally back tracked a little bit and went over what he had just said and cringed. Oh shit, could he be any more disrespectful to the mother of his young? Did he have to act like she was just some chick that he was trying to pick up in a bar?

His thoughts must have showed in his expression, or maybe it was simply a part of her personality. Whatever the reason, her soft amused laughter gave him the impression that she wasn't offended.

Much.

"That has to be the corniest pick up line I've heard in a long time." She snickered and he took a relieved breath before saying.

"Stick around honey, I'm sure that I can come up with worse."

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After that Throttle became oddly quiet and just stood there with his arms crossed and looked around the store then letting his eyes flicker briefly to the woman in front of him while she wrote in the books that he had grabbed.

He'd already made an ass of himself. He was bound and determined not to do it again as Rain finished writing in the books and neatly piled them one on top of the other and set them in front of him and gave him a smile. "There. All done. You have a good day alright, doll."

Throttle reached out to pick up the books and instead grasped her hands in his and leaned down a little bit until his face was a few inches from her own and said in a slightly husky voice. "I'd have a better day if you'd let me talk to you some more." Rain flushed and stared at him wide eyed as she pulled her hands free of his grasp and said very firmly.

"I don't talk to strangers. It's generally dangerous to encourage people I don't know to talk to me."

Throttle's lips curved up in a small smile. It was understandable that she wouldn't wish to talk to someone she didn't know. He'd heard stories of celebrities with fanatic fans who try to hurt and kill them, and since she was a single mother she had to be doubly cautious about who she talked too. One wrong move could put her life and the life of their child in danger.

"I understand-" He said after a second or so as he dug inside of his inner jacket pocket and set a card with the Last Chance Garage logo on it down on the table and then grabbed her ink pen and quickly jotted down the number for his personal cell phone and handed it to her. "But just in case you ever do want to talk. Here's my number. You can call me any time day or night." He said as he slid the card across the table to her.

She looked down at it then back at him and started to shake her head and say no, but his next words stopped her cold. "Take the card Rain. You never know when you might need to use it." He saw her eyes widen as all of the color drained from her face and felt like a total bastard for scarring her but hadn't realized that he had called her by her real name until it was already out.

Rain couldn't believe that this guy that had walked in off of the streets knew who she was. It was nigh impossible for someone to find out her real name unless they dug around in her past. The name Limberger slithered through her mind and she started to get to her feet to demand the man's name when she heard Shira's voice as she came running up with a book clutched tight in her little hands. "Mommy! Look what I found! It's the Grim brothers original version of Snow White!"

Rain knelt down as her daughter attached herself to her and ran her fingers in Shira's dark hair as she glared at the man whom was standing perfectly still in an imitation of a statue a few feet away with a wide eyed, shocked look on his face before he seemed to catch himself and blanked his expression before saying, "Cute kid." Then turned and walked away.

Throttle dropped the books about half way to the door and kept on walking, his hands were shaking badly and he was clenching his teeth hard as he fought an internal battle with himself so that he wouldn't go back there and pick up his young and hold her for the first time. He'd already drawn Rain's attention to himself, he couldn't afford to push her further and cause her to run from him.

Because if that happened he may never find her or their young again.