"Be seein' you real soon, B," Lucinda blurted out the promise. Needed to get away from him but for whatever reason he was holding on. Kept her hands in her pockets and pivoted around on her heels. She wasn't particularly tall but she could really move when she wanted to. Had spent years keeping up with the big boys and all. Or trying to stay one step ahead of them. She'd failed tonight. Bi was on something like a bloodhound. Once he realized he had her treed, it was over.<br/><br/>Then she was there. Like she was coming in to save the day or some shit. Oh, Kimie. Lu ducked between cars and tried to flash her dark eyes to her girl to tell her to  just keep walking. She could handle this. Ah, but somewhere there was something lost in communication. She sighed when that sweet voice that consoled her even in her worst nights reached out. Made her stop in her tracks because there wasn't anymore use in running. Bi caught them and now they had to just kiss up and hope he was in a good mood.<br/><br/>But damn she hated his stupid smug face. Took the sweetness from the kiss right off her tongue. Replaced it with something acrid and it showed in her scowl before she fixed her face. Had to remember who she was with. Even nice guys could run out of nice real quick. But Bi had never been a nice guy. If we was, he wouldn't have let her off all those months before.<br/><br/>Yeah, he'd been waiting for this. Like he knew all along that she was worth more than the secrets she kept or the things she could still. Nah, not when she was tied to  beautiful girl like Kimie. But yeah, suppose her family was noteworthy too. Mayor Kim was just like every other suit with a stick up his ass.<br/><br/>Muscle memory meant their fingers laced perfectly. They'd learned every curve by feel, in all the dark nights they'd spent awake. Plagued by bills, bad dreams and expectations. No so much the latter for Luci. Daddy was in prison so the bar was set pretty low. Long as she didn't land herself there she was pretty sure he'd be proud. Don't worry, though, she felt plenty of Mr. Kim's secondhand disappointment. She was not what the Kims had ever hoped for their daughter.<br/><br/>White knuckle grip on her girls hand. Luci pushed thick threads of hair back from her face and it was like putting on a mask. She was smiling at him once more. Chums again. No teeth, though, and just as primed to bite. "Shit, I just call her Pillow Princess." Jokes because that's just how she and Bi knew how to communicate. And Luci was always playing cool. If they were joking, they were fine. "Na-Uen, this is Bi, one of YPD's finest," said it sarcastically but still took a pause. Dirty cop like the rest, but his status still meant he could make trouble for them. "Let's let B get to his show now," Lu said and hooked her arm around her girl's shoulder, turned and swung Kimie around with her.