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I’d stood theup a little Not because I was afraid of Reyes Farrow On the contrary I was still hurt Angry

"Farrow," Navarra said, growing more nervous by theabout"

Reyes turned his anger on Navarra now, granting me a short reprieve "You sent a man after me" He stepped closer to the crime lord’s desk "He found my fiancée first"

Navarra shook his head, bewildered

"And even now, I’ our history" He pointed past Navarra, toward the wall behind hi his hands Two uns on Navarra’s desk "Better?" he asked Reyes "But I remember our past quite well You knoouldn’t send anyone after you or your fiancée"

He wasn’t lying

"What is this about?"

"Zeke Schneider," I repeated Before he could tell ain he was dead, I added, "Junior"

"Son of a bitch" Navarra sat back down at his desk and wiped a hand over his mouth in frustration "That little piece of shit The only reason he’s alive is out of respect for his old man"

"Why would he cohed "He wanted in I said no His dad ht that if he took you out, I’d let hiain "That kid is a troubleivena little worried "Was he a CI for anyone?"

"Not that I know of Mostly in prison Used to suck any dick he could for inforuards His father, God rest his soul, was ashamed they shared the same name"

I did notice Navarra’s use of the present tense when speaking about Zeke He didn’t know anything about what the guy was up to

"See?" I asked Reyes while pointing to Navarra "Handled And without any deaths or severed spines"

"Thanks to entleer, despite your low opinion of me"

"My low opinion? What the fk --?"

"You think I’ a word of it "But --"