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I can see annoyance flash in Jimmy’s eyes but he doesn’t want to make a sceneyet He pulls on the jovial voice and chuckle "I’ll be just over here, Charlie," he says,to check his et a picture of Cain

No doubt, for Sarab Cain’s arms and swivel them so his back is to Jimmy "What?" I whisper harshly My level of panic has reached new highs

"Charlie" Cain’s eyes roaain I’ve experienced so ht now I couldn’t possibly feel farther away from him "Please don’t do whatever you’re about to do I can’t--" He cuts off abruptly, that jaw that I’ve hadtaut

A painful luured it out Maybe not entirely, but he knows it’s so bad "Can we talk about this later?"

I can see the internal struggle inside hi to do with ht now He could put up a fight He could pull me into his car

Or he could just walk away

Finally, with narrowed eyes, he asks, "Are you in danger?"

"No," I lie quickly,to where Ji to catch the conversation

"Charlie! We have to go Your father is waiting for you," Jimmy calls out in a sterner voice than I’ve ever heard him use withabout Ji Cain’s death right now

I don’t have to look up at Cain’s face to know that there’s a cyclic stor about the father that’s in jail? Or the one who called today?

I don’t need to look, and yet I do My heart stops

I don’t miss the subtle shake of his head, the clenched teeth

The disappointer, as he realizes that the wo to is a liar

I hear the agony in ood I’o? Fine" I see him s hard and then his face turns stony "Consider yourself gone"

"What is this?" The guy flips a few strands of ?"

"You want to borrow it?" I ask s hairline

I get a cold, flinty glare in return "You’ve got a s ue to keep quiet and scan the s important to note It’s a different hotel than before, but just as high end Eddie and Bob are here--without any fauy He’s on the heavier side, with beady eyes and a couple of days of dark scruff that cae the pockmarks on his cheeks He calls himself Manny Apparently he’s Eddie’s new partner Maybe he is, but there’s standard protocol and Eddie has clearly broken it

Manny is not supposed to be here The second I saw hi on the bed, I rabbing un

I kneas trapped

The pain inI can do except pray this isn’t a setup, try not to lose control of et the hell out of here the second I have the chance