‘But I could just take them,’ she points out.
‘Yes, you could, but that’s stealing.’
‘Is that bad?’
‘Well,’ he sighs, knows he probablyisn’tthe right person to teach Jessamine Penhalyx about morality.‘It’s not really allowed.’
‘Why?’
‘Because in this world, you have to get the paper.’
‘I make my own paper?’
‘It has to be this kind.’
‘I’ll steal it then.’
‘Or you could just do some things, and I’llgiveyou the money.’
Her eyes light up.‘Like a job?’
‘Yes, exactly.’
‘I do what you do then.Bodygarden.No, no.Shadow Sneak!How much paper I get for killing Farfar?’
‘No killing, baby.’
‘But you do.You kill for paper.’
‘Not for paper, for you and Jewel.’
‘Then you don’t care about the paper?’
‘No, not really.Butit matters to the world, so you need to understand it.’
‘Why?’
‘Because people need money to eat.’
‘Why?’
‘Because someone decided it.’
‘I’ll kill them, then.’
‘Maybe I should get Bee to explain this,’ Lachlan chuckles.‘I feel like I’m not doing a good job of it.’
‘No, you are.Daddy explains everything best.’Mimi eyes the money and the beautiful selection of clothes on the rack.If she pushes even an inch, he’ll let her have it all.He is stupidly soft for her.‘OK, I do jobs.’
‘Iwilldo jobs.’
‘I will do many jobs and getallthe money for Mimi Store.’
‘Perfect.What jobs would you like to do?’
She smiles.‘Bang bang.’
Lachlan shouldn’t laugh, but he can’t help it.He pulls her onto his lap where they sit in the middle of the make-believe store and kisses her cheek.
