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They’ve been waiting for a ghost all these years

They also asked me a lot of questions about my life I tried to answer them as truthfully as I could, but some topics were impossible

Like what happened to my stepdad

And how I met Cain

And why he calls uely as possible I think they finally caught on, because they shifted their focus to questions about my future And those, I was very happy to answer Truthfully They know that I’ust so I can start at Tisch

And that I’ to New York with me

I’ve pro out to see the fas, she had plenty of cousins In one day, I’ve discovered that I have an entire faet the other family I’ve come to know and love

Cain clasps hands with le to ren on top of this building withelse but that fate, in its twisted way, et a job here

Apparently fate was also leading me to the man ould save me

Two days after Cain foundon a plane to meet us It was beyond aard at first The three of us sat in a corner booth at Becker’s, away fro eyes and ears, me suctioned to Cain’s side while I waited for Dan to slap a set of handcuffs on the table

But Dan promised that he would keep my involvement, my fake identity, my whereabouts--basically, et all of my real ID back All he wanted in return was soeta stir and we sat there for three days, surrounded by take-out boxes, scanning throughshot in a computer database I was able to identify Bob--who Cain knew by his real na them I’m not surprised

Cain stayed with me for a week and then asked that I remain in Mobile until Dan could look into Manny and Bob, to make sure they wouldn’t be a threat As hard as it was to say goodbye to hiht

And this tioodbye forever

A feeeks later, cops nabbed Bob on aoffense I don’t know if it was sheer luck or John-and-Cain-inspired luck Truthfully, I’ to Dan, Bob squealed like a pig facing the slaughterhouse, turning on Eddie, Mannyeven his own rows in her backyard forin Missouri with a distant relative, but they couldn’t track down Manny Unfortunately for Manny--and Jimmy, who it appears went into business with him--the cartel did

The threat to me ended there

It was mid-December when Cain pulled up in his Nav outside Becker’s, and he hasn’t left my side since

Even now, as we step into his office, his hand is fir behind the desk, doing paperwork, and a fiery red-haired Ginger in ato herself about Cain’s shitty organization skills and the lack of premium scotch in this place