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“But ould someone do this?” Adam asks

“I don’t know Zoe, do you have any idea ould want to kill you?”

She shakes her head, arainst a du quietly I don’t blarown up and working in a strip club of all places, but she just found out she’s going to be dead soon too

Not just dead—irlfriend?” I ask “Would she…?”

Zoe whips her head back and forth “No, definitely not Never”

“What about ex-girlfriends?” Trent asks “Or, uh, ex-boyfriends?”

She sniffs “I have both but…I don’t think any of theoing to be okay” He pleads with his eyes, like he wants me to help somehow I’m not sure what he expects me to do I’m not exactly a touchy-feely person at the best of tihtly pat Zoe’s ar words “We’re going to figure this out” Man, I suck at this But Zoe wipes her face on her sleeve and nods Ada

Rain thuainst the roof above and on the ain and want to ask for my jacket, but Zoe stares into space, oblivious I know I should say so, but the vacant look in her eyes stopsnow

Adam takes off his jacket and offers it to me “Here”

“Are you sure?” I ask, and Adam nods I slip on the jacket, which is still warm from his body heat, and pull the hood over my head to coveranother cigarette “Hoe—”

“Police! ” shouts a h the splattering rain, I see two people who look likeThey wear dark-blue body ar the shoulder and full helmets with clear visors Both have heavy utility belts with large guns, uns, and they each carry sohts up at the top