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“Watch out!”

Suddenly, two men run up to us from the sidewalk, and for a second there, I al ht back My body instinctively prepares for impact

But then they whip out two guns, and uards at the fence and start to shoot

I recognize these two men

Mario and Claudio! Two of Marcello’s most trusted allies

“Didn’t think you would listen,” Claudio says to Marcello as we hide behind them for cover

“I’,” Marcello replies

The two uards are forced to use the doors as a blockade

“Go,” Mario growls “We’ll take care of them Get her to safety”

“Don’t die, old ht back at him

Then Marcello graspswith him

“I have a car waiting for us,” he says, briskly crossing the street and turning left

It’s all going so fast that I barely have time to fully process what just happened

That I was just about to get used by one of Molly’s filthy guards only to be saved by Marcello hi deal just to saveme back with him

Like he planned all of this just for me

Marcello’s grasp on roeaker as he opens the door to a car parked beside us and beckons me to step in

I do what he wants even though it pains me a little to do it

After all, it was this man who made me run in the first place

This in with