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"Wow"

"Exactly Are you sure you want to do this, Charley?"

"Of course Why wouldn’t I be?" I sat at the table and laid a file folder I’d brought on top, surprised he’d let itated, started pacing back and forth He still had a fairly nice physique despite the tragic onset of athered, he’d never married, which cairls after hilanced at me as he made another pass "Reyes Farrow is the son of Satan," he said, starting the count off with his thuer "He er "Oh, and he’s pissed" Fist at side

"I know he’s pissed"

"He’s pissed as hell, Charley At you"

"Pfft How do you know he’s mad at me? Maybe he’s ry with," he continued, ignoring es that haunts you forever, if you knohat I mean"

"I do Damn it" I pulled my bottom lip between my teeth

"I’ve never seen him like this" He paused and placed his palot back"

"Different how?" I asked, alarain "I don’t know He’s distant,He just paces like a caged ani now?" I asked

He turned to ot here?"

I nodded "Of course"

The first time I’d visited, Neil told me the story of how he became aware of what Reyes was capable of He’d just started working at the prison and was on the floor in the cafeteria when he saw three gangtoward Reyes, a twenty-year-old kid at the tien-pop fronostics Fresh fish Neil had panicked and grabbed for his radio, but before he could even call for backup, Reyes had taken down three of the deadliesta sweat Neil said he moved so fast, his eyes couldn’t follow Like an anih that ca to the device in the corner, "and I’ll have a tea for the word"

"Neil," I said, leveling a warning gaze on him, "you can’t send the about yourhappens, they can at least stop hiet you out"

I stood and stepped next to him "You know they can’t"

"Then what ae to his voice