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"No, it’s just…personal stuff"

"Give me that"

They both went silent, and Vince held his breath glancing up at his brother as now standing on their fire escape Vince lifted his finger to his lips then pointed to the illing hiet his ass back in their roo" To Vincent’s surprise her father didn’t sound too angry "Where there’s drugs there’s money Where’s the reedy little bitch!" Anita cried out, and Vince’s jaw locked knowing he’d struck her "If you’re gonna sell drugs out of et a cut of it Where’s the ain, Vince couldn’t stand it anymore He jumped in theHer father, who held Anita’s wrist sideways in one hand and the cigar box in the other, flinched at the sight of hi next to Anita, but next to Vince he wasn’t the least bit threatening especially the way Vince was feeling right now

"Those are et your hands off her"

With a smirk the bastard turned and squeezed Anita’s wrist even harder,her screaoing from their father to Anita and then to Vince

All those years of hearing this assle mercilessly beat the crap out of Anita--all the times he’d tended to her wounds afterwards and watched her suck it up to protect her those little guys--the anger that had built up all day from the moment Rose told him about Ben to the moment he found the box of weed in his room, all roared out at once and he unleashed it on the animal

His first blow landed solidly on her father’s nose, knocking hi Vince a chance to land several roin, theout onto the floor Feeling completely out of control, Vince continued to punch him even while he was on the floor "How does it feel? You like getting wailed on, you fking coward?" Her dad tried blocking Vince’s blows as Anita pulled at his ar him to stop, but Vincent didn’t even slon; instead he puht back you bastard!" Vince yelled, as her father continued to try and block his punches but didn’t deliver any of his own "It’s not that easy, is it? Not as easy as hitting a little girl is it, you piece of shit!"

Visions of the assle beating Anita incensed Vince even further, and he landed his bloith evenknuckles now

Soer than Anita pulled Vince back Then there were suddenly ht now!"

Feeling dazed with the adrenaline still propelling through hih to realize both Lorenzo and his father were in the roo at Anita’s father then back at Vince

"I’ll tell you what’s going on," Anita’s dazed dad said as he struggled to get up