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“Sos are, Devil Murder is—”

“Sometimes done in self-defense”

“You know that’s not what I mean”

I took a deep breath, forcing ive us a chance, I had to think before I spoke “Plenty of people are convicted of crimes when they shouldn’t be”

I saw pain in his eyes as he nodded “And plenty of people who should be convicted go free But that doesn’tto track down the true criminals”

“No, it doesn’t, but sometimes there are people the law can’t touch, but someone else can Sometimes there are people who need to die for the rest of us to be safe”

“When so to control their behavior, no forces to make sure those they kill or hurt or steal from truly deserve it”

“Sometimes there aren’t any other choices You know that’s true You’ve seen it”

“How anore a criainst soment”

“No, but I can”

He shook his head “You can’t always know You’re not God”

“No, baby I’m the devil”

Joe glared at me

“All right That was terrible”

“I’ to find out who Murphy orking for I have a feeling that will lead me to the murderer”

I frowned “You think his handlers murdered Lily and told him to cover it up”

“Or to pin it on your cousin”

We’d assumed the men who’d attacked me were sent by the Riccis and that they had been the ones who killed Lily, but we’d never been able to prove it The ith the Riccis hadn’t been full blown at that point, but they’d been agitating against us If the Riccis weren’t behind Lily’s death, then we needed to do soot any leads?”

“I’ve found some connections that make me think the ”

Da ring Could that be the connection? I needed to look into itto Joe Marchesis didn’t just offer information to the cops, even information about our enemies

Joe studied me, a haunted look in his eyes “Please tell me you’re not part of that”

“Trafficking? Fuck no Never”