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I let go and pulled back, straightening up His hand went to his throat as he gasped for breath I straightened my shirt and nodded back to the warehouse "I’ into work You tell Tony that I’ll have his pay assles to watchfor an answer as I strutted into the warehouse like I owned the place, nodding at the couple of people that were hanging around

My whole body was tight with stress I pulled out my cell phone and walked into the bathroo Ellie’s number I just needed to speak to her to make sure she was okay; I kneas irrational, she would be fine, but I needed to hear her voice

"Hey, stud," she chirped as she answered "Missingain tonight?" I asked hopefully We usually had set days that she would stay at my place, mostly it was only the weekends but lately it had started to be a Wednesday night, too Apparently Wednesdays hen he ht, and froe too Unfortunately, today was Thursday

She sighed "I can’t Stacy’s staying over tonight and we’re trying out hair styles for the dance toht I already told you that," she replied, sounding a little confused

I sighed and nodded, she had told h "Yeah, sorry I forgot Never mind then Listen, o anywhere shady and you stay with other people Okay?" I asked

She laughed, probably at ht that on?"

The scu to hurt you because of ht I just remembered it in the car so I wanted to ask you to be careful and stuff Nothing in particular You’re i" I tried to ht of the situation so that it see worried it ht happen to her

"A, you had a dreaestion in her voice "Yeah, I dream about you a lot Especially when you don’t stay withto have a hot little dreah the phone I heard a bell sound in the background "Aw crap, I gotta go to class Speak to you later Have a good day at work," she said quickly

Daotten to call Callu I called Callu and that I’d forgotten about it until now

I promised to try and make it in this afternoon; hopefully Brett wouldn’t need ot the car in full working order ready for the next auction it didn’t reallymy employer around

When I rapped on Brett’s office door, it was opened i to be asked; Brett smiled up at me happily I think he was very happy to have runted

"Perfect ti back at the door as he stood up and pushed his gun into the holster that hung off of one shoulder His jacket slid into place ever the top so it was out of sight Brett never left his office without a gun I had a feeling that was because a lot of people would like to see him and dead and take over his turf There were a lot of rival organisations that had tried to kill him over the years, a couple of nearfro?" I asked as we both cliot into the driver’s seat He was Brett’s right hand er, driver, and secretary - he did a little of everything Usually he accoe and he didn’t have the boys respect, but he could get things done because people kneas Brett’s voicewith Carlos and Brady about the over more of the block foro, because he was ski on my profits," he replied I tried not to react at the ’let one go’ comment - in other words thatsellers "So yeah, I want Carlos and Brady to expand their territories so cover more pushers in the area Carlos’s brother is into cars, you know that I want him to see you and pass the information onto his brother that you’re back So far I’ve only ed to set up two boosts for the month People have found souy that people are clai a little bored by it all

"The new er, original na his eyes distastefully "He’s only twenty-one Apparently he can boost pretty well He’s very in deot popular when you got sent down," Brett explained

"Why didn’t you recruit hiood?" I asked curiously Brett always snapped up fresh talent, and he was obviously lacking in the car stealing area when I got sent to juvie

He s his eyes "What did I need hiet out Kid Cole is worth waiting for," he winked at h proudly