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I’ it back between bared teeth "She left o I have no idea where she went" I can feel his careful gaze dissectingbut the truth

She did leaveclue where she went

"Did she say why?"

I lock eyes with hi"

Sam shifts his attention back to the floor "You know, you were dating her and then she just up and vanished If I were to report her s could becomedifficult for you"

"Please do" I can’t keep that s to report herand we both know it

"No?" He tips his head back to finish his drink, an aht have a lot to hide Especially froto throwluck "Charlie knows everything there is to know about ht, but I caught the slight crack in his voice "What about all of these people here? What would they think of their righteous boss?"

"I honestly don’t care," I throw out without hesitation, though it’s a lie Ifto hang it out I can tell by his tactics that Sa his way Itto take a lot et his ithover the table "You don’t care that they know you’re a killer?"

"Anyone clihabout Jones? Or

"Who said I was talking about inside the ring?"

Fuck

How did he find out?

I hide behind hs , he continues "See your family turn up dead six lance down at hter Unparalleled in the underground world"

I struggle to school the panic inHow the hell does he know about my family’s killers? What kind of connections does he have? Who else knows? Surely he’s not being fed this by the cops Never once did they appear on my doorstep to so much as question me If they had, I would have come clean I would have told theh an abandoned warehouse one night after a fight

How they threatened un atfor thewhile trying in vain to save hi in the shadows, knowing they could demand an exorbitant interest rate if they let ive those assles a diht or die

Nate knewas soon as he saw my hands flex by ht have had a chance of surviving, had I not seen the bloody criraphic reports