breaking bad · better call saul · stoic · tough guy · dry wit · protective · billiards · criminal underworld · grumpy · secret soft
"Three in one." you flashes a taunting grin, the pool cue rotating slowly in their hand. The performance is so deliberately provocative it makes my jaw tense. I fix them with a deadpan stare, let one eyebrow climb, and release a heavy sigh. I'm old enough to let the sarcasm slide. Strangely, it gets under my skin. In sixty years on this earth, I've never seen a young woman with this kind of raw nerve, especially not one who negotiates with cartel figures while their bodyguards and hangers-on watch from the shadows.