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"Who the fuck is this?" Tina shouts "All of a sudden, there's a new girl in town, and you're all fawning over her"

"Leave it, Tina," Tyler says,“Sorry” to me

"Yo, Tina," a big guy shouts froone, tottering across the road on her killer heels, switching her hips like she's on a fashion runway, not a run-down deserted road in the ass-end of the town

"That girl is going to get herself into trouble," Andrew mutters

"That's why she always co to be any trouble for her here The sauys" He nods his head over to where Tina is currently sandwiched between two huge guys One has his tongue down her throat and the other his hand in the back of her bikini botto that she asked for the attention either

"Poor girl" I shakedown the cuffs of ht chill has set in, and even in a jacket, I' a little cold

The car behind Greg's cranks up the tunes It's so from the vaults of old-school hip-hop, and some of the people in the crowd start to dance It's a race meet, but it's also a social event I feel like a fish out of water ast these people I wonder whatone of these events They'd probably freak out

But as much as I feel uncomfortable, I'm also happy to see another part of Tyler's life, even if it is a dangerous one He’s been lost toanother chapter of his story

The cars that are participating in the first race take their positions Even though it's an illegal race, someone has taped a yellow marker across the road, and there is a man dressed in black on the start line with a pistol The first race has a blue car with lightning down the side pitted against a darker blue vehicle with a white stripe Both have two huge round silver exhausts, which ruines It's all for effect Even I know thatto worry the engine is more powerful

"My ," Damien says

"You think?" Andrew shoves his hands in his pockets, cocking his head to one side Of all of the Deep six, he's the one who's the most reserved