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I had the cigarette lit before my feet touched the sidewalk out in front of the apart I flippeds For the second tiht, I called Titus Just like the first call, he answered on the first ring

“Shane”

I didn’t bother to correct hi down? Did Race tell you Novak was trying to put me on the hook for round noise as he obviously excused hi I squinted into the night and tried to figure out how I had gone, in the blink of an eye, fro so clueless

“I didn’t know the whole story Race told ht that you were going to be fked, that Novak was going to own you forever He said you were both trying to get out, and that Novak didn’t want to let you go I didn’t know about the kidnapping or theto e, but he didn’t do anyone any favors by keeping us all in the dark If you hadn’t run and got caught in the Aston Martin, chances are you would’ve never seen the inside of a cell”

He sighed and swore again Apparently foul language ran in the family

“We tried to pin the murder on Novak, but there were toostories He has tooto do ti to protect his sister That’s why he kept it all quiet Novak was holding her over his head, but he didn’t plan on Race going to you because he kne I felt about you”

“Well, you’re a grown-ass ree with your choices or you with ain and that tightness in my chest started to spread

“Now you want to be fa to take care of -drawn-out silenceelse co across the phone connection

“I was just a kid, too, Bax I was bound toto survive”

I closed my eyes and forced myself to breathe in and out steadily before I chucked my phone into the street I didn’t want to relate, but here, in the Point, survival was the only language we all spoke fluently

“Did you take care of the Runner while I was locked up?”

He gave a dry little laugh that held anything but hue fees on it”

“And the apartuts, but did you really think I was going to throw your ass behind bars and not ot out?”