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She rolled her neck, loosening her body and readying her limbs for as to come She couldn’t stop her heart’s frantic beat, and didn’t try She was afraid There was no getting around that

Maybe the fear would help her get through this The shot of tequila she’d downed at the bar before stepping over to find an appropriate song for her needs also helped both with loosening her up a bit and with the nagging dread

Inhaling a deep breath and letting it out, Lilianna was likely as ready as she’d ever be Fright was an incredible ed, vicious loan shark on her tail, the fear she had ell founded Sammy Heller’s top bone breaker had just tracked her down

In the lanced in the direction of theestablishment His nah, Ted was anything but

Entering through the bar’s front door ten lanced around the busy place as Lilianna’s heart nearly leapt from her chest How he’d found her so quickly, she didn’t know, but she was grateful he hadn’t been so close on her heels that he’d run her down after she abandoned her vehicle by the side of the road

That lonely hurried jog had saved her, even though abandoning her car had been very difficult She’d left a few things behind, hidden in the trunk’s spare tire cos she didn’t want to lose

Another glance in Ted’s directiontask much easier

She didn’t knohat Ted’s official title was, but she’d seen him around her forht of hiular basis He broke bones to get people to bend to Sammy’s will She’d only learned Ted’s name last week Because unfortunately, she’d recently been placed on Sammy’s radar He wanted her to pay a particular debt

Lilianna felt strongly that she owed Sareed

Sammy called himself a businessman, but everyone knehat he was A loan shark with connections to an organized crime syndicate a couple of states away Worst of all, he had a legendary reputation for brutality in the town of Winston where they were both from No one messed with Sammy and walked away untouched He had Ted to put the fear in clients who’d overextended their ga habits