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Rio knew it was probably messed up and made no sense, but he’d always been able to count on boxing to help relax him, to calm him. Normally, it cleared his head like nothing else - sex didn’t even come close - and he’d needed that clarity tonight.
It had been three days since shit had gone sideways - since Elizabeth had taken it upon herself to fix a problem that hadn’t fucking existed, and blown the deal they’d been working on straight to hell. She’d fucked up, and to say he hadn’t handled it well was the understatement of the fucking century.
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Rio finds Beth dealing with some unexpected life-changing news, and realizes it can be used to their advantage.
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Rio makes an offhand comment in bed, and gives Beth the bit of… reassurance… she needs.
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He chuckled again. “Baby, I’m happy you think I’ve got that kinda stamina, but most weeks I’m here more nights than I’m home. When I ain’t with Marcus, where exactly d’you think I am?”
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Beth has a health scare and finds support in the most unexpected place
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Unexpected news from Jane leads to an interesting conversation between Beth and Rio about past relationships.
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It turned out Elizabeth had been right all those months ago; people like her getting shot in neighborhoods like this one *did* tend to draw a lot of attention. When it made the news that the new tough-on-crime city councillor had been shot in her own home just hours after winning the vote…? Yeah, that had people pretty fucking rattled.
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Beth and Rio take a business trip that ends with Beth getting exactly what she wanted.
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Beth runs into a problem collecting her weekly deposits. She takes care of it, but has a few choice words for Rio afterward.
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Beth gets an unexpected call from an unknown enemy and has to come to Rio’s rescue.
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Beth and Rio head out of town and Beth learns something very surprising
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Beth’s quiet afternoon is interrupted when Rio shows up and breaks the news that their kids aren’t quite the angels they seem.
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Beth gets a late night call and comes to Rio’s aid, giving him the support he needs even if it isn’t the kind he wants.
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Beth gets the bill from Rio to pay for the framed print she smashed with the pool ball during her little tantrum at Lucky’s. Attached to the invoice is a gift certificate to a local business he thought she would benefit from.
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Rio surprises Beth on her birthday and gives her exactly what she wants.
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After her philandering husband dies, Beth takes a job as the senior manager at Fine & Frugal. After catching the assistant manager, Boomer, trying to break into the safe, he attacks her. She fights back and calls for help.
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Over a leisurely late breakfast when the kids are with their father, Rio discovers Beth has an unexpected interest.
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“You could’ve left sooner. Y’didn’t have t’stay with him.”
Beth’s head whipped around in surprise, the dirty dishes she’d been on her way to collect forgotten. She’s heard him angry and irritated before, but she didn’t think she’d ever heard him sound so… petulant. But she didn’t understand where it was coming from. After all this time, how was it even still an issue?
Something in her snapped.
“How long are you going to hold that against me?”
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Rio finds out Beth has been taken by her stalker and does what he needs to in order to get her back.
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Scrolling through the comments posted after the event, she was happy to see that most people agreed, enthusiastically voicing their support for the opening, extolling the benefits the garden space would bring to the local community. There was the expected handful of naysayers, of course, people who thought even the small grant provided by the city to get the project off the ground was still too much. It was a complete waste of money, according to one man. Another ranted about not wanting his tax dollars to support people who didn’t want to do anything to help themselves.
Forcing herself to ignore the negative comments, she kept scrolling, occasionally replying with her thanks to a particularly supportive constituent. She had almost gotten to the end when one comment in particular caught her eye. It wasn’t a criticism, but it wasn’t exactly a compliment, either. At least, not in the same way the others were.
Reading it again, Beth’s breath caught in her throat.
“Nice looking garden, Councilwoman. What fertilizer you using these days?”
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When someone from Beth’s past shows up and threatens the balance she and Rio have finally achieved.