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“Drago?”

He turned to see an olderon a cane

“Mr Vent?”

“David, please, come to my office”

They entered the office, and Drago gave a nod to Carlos, who turned on his littledevices in his office

David’s brow rose up, looking a little shocked

“He’s all clear Nothing on him,” Carlos said

The door was already closed

“Do I even want to knohat this is about?” David asked

Taking a seat, Drago stared at the man “Do you remember me?”

“I’ve never met you before?”

“Probably thirty years ago, you caym You had a warrant to search the premises I don’t knohat for, but you askedthere”

“Fighting,” David said “That’s all I could get out of you Then that fucker stopped by and I was kicked off the pre the paperwork together for an in-depth search when I was struck down”

“I was an underground child fighter,” Drago said “I was used toother kids Sometimes to the death”

David sat up “Wait, what?”

“I’m not an idiot I heard s since then Even with your injury, you wouldn’t have stopped looking”

They stared at each other, the silence ringing around the room

David rapped his knuckles on the desk “I didn’t stop”

“You can trust us,” Carlos said “We’re part of that ring”

“You didn’t come to me” David looked frorown men”

“We knohat Randal Aiello is capable of Talking gets you killed He took your pro you behind a desk, unable to help those that needed it”