This scene was written in at the end of the first Chapter. The reason it didn’t get included in the book was that it was in Joe’s Point Of View and I decided shortly after it that I wanted the complete novel to be in Katie’s Point Of View. BOUND is Katie’s story, and I felt that keeping the reader in her head at all times would help engage the reader more.
Joe:
A sigh echoed through the bedroom as I pulled away from Katie and reached for my pants. The soft feminine sound brought the situation home to me, fast.
I’d fucked up.
Katie was the good girl in town. Everyone loved her. Roger Black had made that clear to me when I included her name on the original list of suspects I’d given him almost two months ago. The past couple months I’d watched her glide through the casino smiling and friendly, always treating everyone with precise courtesy, and managed to keep my interest in check. But she blew that out of the water with her porn show. Then she’d grabbed me by the balls when she looked at me with those big brown doe eyes and promised she’d do anything.
Fuck, no sane man could resist that. I grabbed my shirt and shoes, took one last look at her tangled up in the rumpled bed sheets, and headed out. I didn’t bother with buttoning the shirt or putting the utility belt back on. Dawn was approaching fast and the need to get far from Katie was pressing in on me.
With every step away from her the tightness in my chest eased and my mind got sharper. Not only was there was a job to do, but helping Roger out was personal. I owed him. I couldn’t let myself forget that she was still as suspect. She works in the cash office, had easy access to the money, and the paperwork, and I knew she had to be hiding something. No one could be that well adjusted.
Well, now I knew her secret. One of them anyway.
Katie Long was a dirty girl with a submissive streak that was tempting as hell.