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A moment later, I was face to face with the person who had taken everything froed much over the years He still looked like a spoiled, rich kid, one who felt entitled to whatever he wanted He was bigger than he hen I lived under his tyranny, but oddly less inti I chalked that up to the fact his nose was taped up like he’d recently had plastic surgery and the twin yellow and green circles around his eyes a visual reminder of the man who always hadcard was clear all over thefall as he tripped his way into the living rooht ofopen It would have been a co hadn’t flashed through my mind as our eyes met His briefcase hit the floor with a thud and I saw him s His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he reached up to pull on the knot of his tie

His gaze darted away from mine and started to skate over the pilfered room His eyebrows furrowed "Did you steal all my stuff?" He was distracted by his e

I tapped the Taser against ly "Not exactly a fair trade, if you think about it, Aaron You took s"

He swore and raked his hands through his hair "Does this have so to do with Goddard? I recusedanywhere near hi on the floor and I tensed "No This is about you and me About what you did toYou were ht you home for me" Suddenly, he paused and cocked his head to the side "Did you hear that Mo back up because you think you’re entitled to sohter She didn’t leave you a dime"

He wanted the words to wound, but I was ihter If I had been, they wouldn’t have let hiot to my feet and braced myself as I aimed the Taser at him The bars flew out faster than I could blink and hit hi like a fish on land

His tongue lolled out to one side and his eyes rolled up into his head I dropped the thing on the floor and stalked over to thefro out of one ofover Aaron’s twitching, supine fored the razor-sharp blade over his throat and bit back a sle away fro able to control his muscles He was trapped, stuck, unable to escape I could see the fear working its way through his eyes as the blade kissed his skin

"I’, but I got it all back I have ined I would, but I think it’s time you knohat it feels like to lose it all" The knife slipped under the knot of his tie and sliced through the silk like it was butter I held the expensive fabric up in front of his panicked eyes with a smirk "I think you should leave town You should run ahen it’s dark, scared and alone You won’t knohere you’re going or how you’re going to survive because you won’t have any family or friends to help you You’ll be all alone, constantly looking over your shoulder because you’ll never know if the person you’re running fro for you"

Iin just enough to draw a cherry red drop of blood It beaded and trickled down his quivering face, chased by a tear he couldn’t hold back He was gasping, struggling to get his faculties back, but it was a losing battle

"You can stay here, but if you do that, know I’ll be watching you Everything you do, every move you et inside your house, so easy for et to you when you were at the police station I can get inside your life without you even knowing I’ a bit of Stark’s badassness and decades ofto ruin your practice I’ to let everyone knohat you did to me, what your fa to let the man who fucked up your face do so much worse than that If you think he’s scary when he uses his fists, just wait until you see what he can do with hishell" Imark

I scrunched up lared down at hi from aftershocks "You’re pathetic You don’t ht ht you, Aaron I’ll be loud about it I learned how to make people listen" I showed hioing to be? Are you going to stay or go?"

His aped as he tried to foro" It was garbled and broken

I nodded and stepped away froone You won’t ever practice law again You can feel what it’s like to be ruined I’ll know if you reach out to someone to help you I’ll know if you weasel your way back into town You’re a ghost, Aaron You vanish and you do it tonight with nothing" I wiped the blood froave hi to have all those convictions you won overturned You’re a shitty person but apparently a good lawyer Of course, you put monsters back on the street It ly You couldn’t bear to see anie Fuck you, Aaron; I was never yours"