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A Few Hours Earlier…

"NICE OF YOU to join us, Nila"

Cut clasped his hands in front of his black jeans His salt and pepper hair glistened from the sconces around the roo in the centre of the space A cough escaped as my eyes danced around yet another never before entered part of the Hall

A with a few glass cabinets displaying Luger pistols and bloodied ribbons froo Dusta little fro and dark orange walls made the space den-like and cosy, full of history and artifacts

"It’s tie…don’t you think?" Cut sipped his goblet of cognac "You’ve had time to repay a few of the s behind, and I can’t delay o tried to tackle me, but I did linting like daggers but not daring to fall

I will not cry

Not for theonna enjoy the surprise, Weaver" Daniel laughed, circling o on a little trip soon"

A trip?

Where?

Why?

Bonnie shifted in her chair beside the fire A woollen blanket covered her knobbly knees "Don’t ruin the surprise, Buzzard She’ll find out soon enough"

Sour , I hope you’ve arranged your own funerals"

Cut coughed on his liquor; Daniel burst out laughing Slinging an ar so much fun I like this side of you"

"What side? The side that doesn’t give a shit about you anymore?"

My illness had left es and assurances that ould have a future allowed me to stand up and be heard, even if it fell on deaf ears

Dragging his foul tongue along my chin, Daniel cocked his head "No, the side that pretends she doesn’t care but she does" His spicy aftershave polluted the air

It was late and I’d believed I’d avoided yet another night in this nest of vipers When he’d co on hts anye piece of black cotton with chalk scribbles on how to kill each Hawk

Poison

Shooting

Bludgeoning

I’d explored every avenue, and Jasun She’d told me that if Cut died from unnatural causes, the estate and his children’s futures died with him She told me that his Last Will and Testament pretty much screwed everyone However, she had faith I could come up with a way to revoke the fine print and soed into a mutual liaison She leaned on me I leaned on her

"Knoe’ve summoned you here, Nila?" Suits of aruess what you’ll pay tonight?"

No…