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“I want the same thing you do, Axel. It just has to balance itself out. We’re owed for years of bullshit lies from you. Leavingmy cousin out there, hanging, waiting to get popped. It doesn’t sit well with me.”
“What do you want me to do?” Axel asks. “Write him an apology letter.”
Axel starts to laugh.
He suddenly has confidence.
I glance over my shoulder and see the door starting to open.
I quickly crouch down and hear the sound of a gun exploding as the door flies open.
When I jump back up, I have another knife in my hand.
I flick my wrist, sending the knife through the air.
The blade penetrates the left eye of another bodyguard of Axel’s.
It’s a perfect fucking throw on my end.
The bodyguard steps back into the building, shutting the door, probably not even realizing he did so.
I turn back toward Axel and he’s holding his right arm. It’s covered in blood. His lips are white and shaky.
“Your own guy shot you,” I say.
“You said you didn’t have any other weapons,” Axel says.
“Oh, fuck, man, we’re scumbag drug dealers,” I say with a smile. “All we do is lie.”
I step closer to Axel. I reach out and grab his throat.
I remind myself that if Axel dies, then I’m going to be thrust into a position I don’t want any part of.
Sad truth is I need this fucker alive.
I push him out of my way and walk away.
Two fresh murders on my hands.
Yet all I’m worried about is my Katie girl and that text she sent.
I’ll textyou the address to the hotel, Corbin. This is all too much. Tell me what to do.
I sit in a chair in the middle of the garage. All the bays are closed.
It’s quiet. It smells like oil.
My Katie girl is being sent away by her fiancé and best friend. They think she’s hurting herself. It’s either a hotel for a little while to clear her head or it’s a hospital.
Corbin?
There are many possibilities here with this.
GO. Play the game, Katie. I have to take care of stuff here. We’ll have fun while you’re gone.
I sit back in the chair and think some more.
It’s time to make some decisions with all of this.