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Prologue

There was so a woarden of theto do business with Dean Marshall helped the ot to live a life of total luxury with his wife and kids

One of those kids was none other than twenty-one-year-old Petal, who had his attention and had been holding it since she turned eighteen He shouldn’t keep coet suspicious, but when it came to Petal, Marco had no control over who he wanted

She was the reason he made every excuse he could to see Dean

Thenew identities as well aspeople disappear

“This is everything you need,” Dean said, handing hie brown envelope

“Thanks” Marco grabbed the envelope, taking a peek inside just to ht he could get aith shitting on the a bullet in his head

“It’s all there You know I’ood for it” Dean rubbed his hands on his jeans

“I’ve got to check” Once he was satisfied, he pulled out his much smaller envelope with the money needed to pay, but held it back as he looked toward Petal

“Why don’t we trade so else?” Marco asked

“Excuseand back again “Oh, I knohy you come here, Marco”

“Mr Guidi” He reminded the other man of his place

“Sorry, Mr Guidi Petal is a beautiful girl”

“I know So why don’t you tell me about her?”

“You want to know if she’s a virgin? Yes, she is She’s sweet and kind too No guy has been sniffing around her”

He liked that “I want her”

“She’s twenty-one”

“I don’t care about her age”