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She sh her tears “Your mother? Oh, Harper…”

“I love you, Andrea,” I say before she can splutter any more reasons I shouldn’t

But instead, she pulls me in for another embrace “And I love you too, Harper And I’hter”

Marcello

When the car stops, my heartbeat rises It’s not often I visit this part of the city, but desperate times call for desperate measures

“Are you sure about this?” Claudio asks

I sigh and adjustmy decisions” I push open the door and slae my mind about this

Ithat’s probably seen more dead bodies than I have in years, but I don’t let it sway et what I want

“We’ve talked with the Polish before,” Claudio mutters as he flanks me from behind “They can’t be trusted You know that”

I stop dead in ive him a scornful look “We have no choice Trustelse But we’re thin ontheir next strike” I take a deep breath “Now calo”

He nods “As you wish, sir”

We go inside through an old, crusty-looking door that sla us with no exit But there will always be a way out After all, the Polish come in every day They just want me to feel trapped Tiny Like an ant ready to be squashed

But I won’t let them intimidate me

With noring every room we pass by, even when the doors are open Behind the sex like wild people without paying any attention to the twoby

It’s nothing I haven’t seen before and nothing that will distract oal

Despite the fact that I trust the Polish as ht be the one thing that’s going to guaranteebut allies

We walk to the roo rifles It’s also the only door that doesn’t look crusty as fuck

I eye the tn, and without even blinking once, they step aside