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I’ll always love you
Vince
There was no way the tears weren’t co away the tears as she cried openly As painful as this was, this was the closure she’d needed He was saying the very thing that she’d wondered about all this tie And what hurt most is he’d always known it No matter how e, deep inside he’d always known he couldn’t Not even for her like he’d said sofor her pink Baloo who sat on her bed staring at her as if he kneas finally over, too, she wrapped one arhtly to Vincent’s farewell letter, laying her head down onto her pillow She didn’t think it possible that she had any tears left for Vincent, but she did--lots and lots more
CHAPTER TWENTY
Vince
Pitch black--Vince lay there blinking his eyes, hoping soin to trickle in as soon as his eyes could focus, but there was nothing He could hear gunfire and helicopters but couldn’t see a da his eyes shut; it was so dark, but he could feel hi The explosions were an instant reminder of where he was He could hear theht, not even froan to pound as the possibility that ly dry lips, he tasted the dirt and sweat and who knehat other filth was on them, so he tried to move to the side to spit A pain like none he’d ever felt pierced through his elbow and shot up to his shoulder as he tried to ether
He had no idea where he was or how he’d gotten there The last thing he wanted to do was alert soht be the ene he re soblack before waking here
The pain in his aran to subside but very slowly As far as he could tell no part of his body was pinned down by anything, but he couldn’t know for sure without trying to move Only he was afraid to move any other part of his body now for fear it would hurt just as bad as his ar and trying to regain so outside becaain to at least feel his way around Was there even sitting room? He lifted his other hand, and that wiped away the theory he’d begun to think as he lay there that he ht be in a coffin There was roo next to hi hih his ar out this ti shit! Shit! Shit!" He held his arain As the throbbing see with every bolt of pain that seeht from his elbow to his shoulder
Just like all the other tiet any worse, he’d think back to that night: the night it all went down He asked hiht Alfonso had unwittingly let him in on what ultimately landed Vince’s ass here He’d played it out so many ti differently? But then, looking back, it had all happened so fast he’d hardly had ti in pain as once again that night he walked out of El Taco Loco with Alfonso played out in his head as vividly as if it had just happened yesterday
Then…
Alfonso and Vince walked out of the taco joint Vince didn’t want to waste toothat inevitable Ben conversation with Rose, he needed to get a few things straight Vince would never have the patience for this kind of shit Rose needed to understand that, especially when it came to Ben
But he was still curious about Alfonso’s deal, so he’d hear hi his oheels sooner than he anticipated
Alfonso slipped a cigarette into the corner of his lips and spoke even while lighting up "So I was talking to Chuy the other day He’s got a couple of cars he’s looking to unload They’re both clean--tags, pinks, everything I told hi a car soon, and then I mentioned that maybe you and Enzo can cut hi out He’d let the car go for real cheap"
Vince stared at Alfonso already feeling tense "What weed? I haven’t dealt in years"
Taking a drag of his cigarette, Alfonso eyed hi it on the do? Because from what I hear, Enzo’s pretty obvious about it"
Vince’s body went even tenser "Enzo?"
Suddenly there was understanding in Alfonso’s face "You didn’t know? Junior, from up my block is the one that toldlike you used to, but he saw hi lot I thought for sure it was so like kicking his brother’s ass, Vince tried to reo was this?"
"He told onna talk to you about this sooner, but I hardly ever see you these days"