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In the second I had to think about it, I conteo after Amber and Cookie? Of course not He’d coht me? What if I didn’t make it? In that case, I had no doubt whatsoever he’d come back to fulfill his pro lot or the alley, unable to stop him

About one-point-five seconds after Amber closed the door, I felt a sharp pain explode in my head for approximately the third time that day, and I knew the decision had been made for me

"Dutch"

I heard Reyes’s voice from a distance I tried to reach out and take his hand but found thatwhite mass "Reyes"

"Shhhh," Earl Walker said as I jerked to consciousness, not that he was actually trying to keep ed ed s to it with cable ties, it occurred to me that I could be in trouble "Have Ifor every consonant

He put the gun on the end table to his left and scrunched my face in his thick hand Which really wasn’t so o," he said, speaking softly, slowly, so I would understand "I cut, you bleed You can screah that door will die Your pretty little receptionist’s throat will be slit before she even knows I’ainstin next?"

Amber He didn’t have to say it

"A very clear" He leaned in farther so he could whisper inchildren makes me happy"

He’d probably had a really bad experience as a child

Twentyhow skilled he ith the scalpel, one slice at a tieon

A sharp burn shot straight to h Jeans No jeans He didn’t care I weldedback ina tendon The cut was deep that tiht on it I could no longer see Blood froing toa little annoyed

Well, join the club, buddy

"Why were you looking for me? How did you knoas still alive?"

I wanted to answer him--I really, really did--but I couldn’t see pain I knew if I opened my mouth to answer, I would scream Cookie would come Amber would follow And ain, I had placed the people I loved ht Maybe I needed to give it up, becoet in then?

Reyes was always here forhimself and killed myself instead It was a sad testao teeks without needing him to save my ass