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Once the Irish mob is paid off and Johnny is safe, this will all be worth it

I think I truly believe that, but my stomach feels differently

Knock

Knock

Knock

I juhts to see the h the driver’s sideHe’s hovering overa day or torth of stubble His lips are curved upwards with a

I swear he’s looking deep into my soul

Hefor , I co it down, revealing er

“You Annie?” he asks

Shit

I think every dained is about to come true at the hands of the most attractive man I’ve ever seen My stoht I s the lu in my throat and nod my affirmative reply to him

He sun?” he asks now, his eyes assessing the state of my car It’s clean, except for the Gatorade bottles Johnny and Rob tossed in the back seat My car is normally void of trash

I shake uns; they freak me out, and even if I didn’t I had no money to buy one now

“Good” he flashes a perfect set of pearly white teeth when he s to need you to listen very carefully, okay?” he doesn’t wait for et out of this car and walk nice and slow intofunny, your two friends inside et bullets in the head, ya hear me?”

My heart sinks at his threat Yep, this is htmare come true