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“I think she’s trying to say Marcus so all kinds of friends lately

“Marcus Whaler?”

Nassir repeated the question and then got distracted as the doctor apparently showed up “Yeah”

I blew out a breath “Marcus Whaler is in a hospital bed right now because I took a tire iron to both of his kneecaps last weekend What in the holy fuck is going on?”

“I don’t know, but it needs to end now” Nassir went from furious to deadly cold That hen he was at his

“Bax is with me now I’ll make a stop and see what Marcus has to say Do you think this is tied to Novak? Could it be one of his guys the feds missed?”

“I don’t give two fucks who it is This is our to, and I’ll do whatever it takes to protect it”

I didn’t disagree with him “Shoot me a text and let me know that she’s okay”

I hung up and looked at Bax His shoulders had tightened up and his dark eyes had deepened in a way I knew meant he wasn’t happy

I put my phone away and lifted a hand to rub the back of ot beat up Nassir has her down at Spanky’s waiting on a doctor He says it’s pretty bad”

He flicked his cigarette away and pushed off the car

“One of her johns?” His tone was as hard as the look in his eyes

“No It sounds like soe to me and Nassir She said he told her to tell us ‘this is just the beginning’ ”

He just stared at me for a minute andabout trying to get the upper hand in a place like the Point: it always fights back, andhurt”

I got into the car and looked out theas he pulled out of the parking lot with a squeal of tires