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Shots Fired

Oh, shit

Zach took a threatening step toward the young wo hot when he did, and I decided to intervene

The woround

“I’m here to do my job I’m not here to be her friend I’m here to make sure that she can live the rest of her life as a normal person Now, she needs to open her mouth as wide as she can And repeat All the da real food Chewing and sing I’ll be back to

Zach’s eyes were spitting fire “Not if I can help it”

She smiled sweetly at Zach “I’ll see you tomorrow”

CHAPTER 3

Do not Google where natural vanilla flavoring comes from

-Text from Cat to Laric

CATORI

One hour earlier

“What are you doing today?” my mother asked me

I looked up at the house that I was dreading going into

“I’uy’s house and treat that little girl,” I muttered darkly

That ‘scary guy’ had been the guy that’d taken in a young girl that’d been shot in the face by her father Her father who’d fatally shot her irl, Zakelina Tombolo, without anybody to call her own in this world

Though, by shooting Zakelina in the face, I knew he’d thought he’d killed her But obviously, fate had intervened and found a way for the girl to survive

The ‘scary guy’ wasn’t really a scary guy, I guessed He was just stressed Zakelina had been his neighbor, and he’d taken a liking to her and fought to get custody of her when no other faed to be married, and that wolared a lot, and apparently somewhat related to me Or, at least to someone I knew Possibly I wasn’t sure of the actual connection All I kneas that it was there

Which made it worse because he knew that I knew my parents knew him I’d, supposedly, known him as well, but we hadn’t seen each other in years at least There was no familiarity about him at all