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After neatening himself up, Alejandro turned to face me "So, Deborah, tell me about yourself What do you do?"

And just like that, he was back to being civilized, and I was back in the con I allowed the truth to h I should have lied "I'e to sell enough of my art to pay the bills"

Alejandro nodded at rin creep onto his face "You won't have to worry about bills after I buy that guitar"

"You'd think that, wouldn't you? But Mouitar"

His eyes flared, and his et any of it? Why not tell her that it sold for three hundred? Then you can pocket the extra hundred thousand"

"Do you think I'erous territory

Alejandro burst into laughter, slapping his knee After a few seconds, he got himself under control "Sorry about that It's just that everyone's a thief Look at me-millions of poor kids love me so much that they pay money they can't afford for my music It led to controlhe didn't stop to dwell on it "And your uitar Hell, even George takes h but not nearly as hard "Maybe you pay him too much"

He quickly sobered up, no longer a us from the driver's co, he took a deep breath and lowered his voice "When I say that he takes e embezzles from me I've known about it for a few rumbled his displeasure

I was shocked "That's terrible What are you going to do?"

"Not sure, but I'll figure so out"

"Why don't you fire him?"

"Can't He has too much power, and he's ruthless With access to all of et control back"

"Well that sucks How did he get so ot fareatness back then, which he delivered But he also insisted on coood deal at the time, but in retrospect, he cheated me"