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Oh, God, he’d been dying, shot in the gut Jack had lied to protect her Bill was corrupt Sandy and Frank… They’d fought She had thrown a knife at Sandy and missed

"That’s the one, Peri," Allen said, his presence in herI’ll take it away"

Jack’s breath seeoes away You’re a bad person You like who you were, and youvoice to her deepest fear Flashes of that night came fast and without order Blood on her hands Her scarf pressed against Jack’sbefore her as she fell back to break the bar’s es Allen scrambled to catch the hih to destroy any of them

"Peri," he pleaded "Please I need to do this"

Maybe I deserve to be left in the chaos of ht

"You do," Jack whispered, his breath sending her hair to tickle her neck "I’ht now"

With a sudden twist, the entire night came back in a flash Both tiasped, ju to a stand Her pulse thundered as she spun to Allen, hisas he stared at her from his chair He wasn’t supposed to be in a chair He’d been by the bar, throwing Frank’s rifle to her

"I shot hie where Jack had fallen, his belly punctured Slick blood covered the floor, sotten up Terrified, she looked at her blood-covered hands But her chest had a hole in it, and she staggered The mirror was broken, and Sandy’s soft sobs rose from behind the bar

Scared, Jack ran for the door In her mind, she lifted the rifle to her unblemished shoulder and blew a hole in his back

"He’s dead!" she groaned as the memory of Jack slid to the floor, unhelped and uncared for No one wasto save hi! You want her in MEP?" Silas shouted

"She used the framework you left to twist control from me! What did you do to her?"