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Sasha stands in front of me and offers her hand I accept and she helps es his rip and walk towards anght up to Ja you here I’m not I refuse to leave here without you I can’t live I told you, I can’t live I’d rather die than live without you"

His hands wrap around ers into ht to his chest "I love you" And then he sighs

"Wait," Nick says off to ht "Wait, Matias I have another option for you"

I don’t want hear the option I really don’t want to hear the option Because I knohat he’s going to say, just by the tone of his voice

"Take me instead"

Sasha screahs, looks at Ja the options He’s considering who Nick is How he ht help him

"I have information, Matias," Nick says quickly "Information James does not Infor and there are severalup to ruin this deal Nick’s voice is strained "The Coet you all their assets I can offer you resources you will never get on your own I can give you o Let hiirl And don’t ever look for the to wait for the answer I count the number of times the waves crash as the deformed man stares down my brother

Does he want a way forward into the future? Or does he want revenge for the past?

He walks over to Jahs "I’ll tell you what You apologize to me On your knees For what you did And I’ll consider this deal"

Jaets to his feet He walks towards the gang leader, his hands in the air "Jesus fucking Christ, Matias It was a job OK? A fucking Job It was never personal I didn’t kill your family Hell, I didn’t even kill you Ithink that is?" Jaht in front of Matias and I wait for the shot I wait for the retaliation and the vengeance that will take his life Take him from me forever "Did you ever, after all this tioccur to you? Did it ever cross that pea-brain of yours that I hs "You want to face me, after all this time, and say what you did waswar zone Your brothers strung ot to talk to you about it You never came to me after you recovered and asked about it"