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“So, your uncle came to see me today”

All the color drained fro He see quickly and concisely, leaving nothing out When I finished talking, he was still for another long moment

And then he growled, “That fucking son of a bitch”

In the next instant he was dashing out of the kitchen and down the hall, to an office I’d never been in “D up to him as he pushed aside a panel in the wall

Behind the panel was an arsenal of weapons

“Holy shit,” I exclaih fire power to take over a small nation

He plucked a big seun from the wall and checked the clip Panic welled up in me “Dmitri, stop We have to talk about this”

“No This isn’t a ti, it’s a tiet aith it” His voice was a lol

“So, what do you think you’re going to do? March into his office and e of hauling you to prison, where you’ll spend the rest of your life That’ll all work out fucking great”

“Don’t follow me and you won’t have to arrest me,” he said

“Seriously, D cop Do you think there’s any way in hell I’d let you walk out of here to commit murder?”

“Who says I’ to talk to him”

“Then what’s the gun for?”

“Holding his attention” D with a raw intensity

“This isn’t you, Dht now, and I really need you to put the gun down and talk to me”

“But this is aze “This is what I am Don’t you know that, Jamie? Don’t you know that you’re involved with a criminal?”

“You’re not a cri directly in front of him

I grabbed his chin to force him to look at me, and he pulled away and tried to step around o”

I pushed hi hirowled, “No!” He blinked at aze defiant, and I said, “I love you, D to let you do this Even if ityou to stop you”