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I frown and make a face “Fine, but if they don’t save hiive you”

“These people would let e to save Marcello,” he quips, throwing lance

I s hard and grip Marcello’s wrist tight, wishing I could be the one to rip that bullet out of his body But I know I need to leave it to people who knohat they are doing, even if it’s hard

The second we arrive, we hop out of the car, drag Marcello’s body outside, and run into the dodgy-looking clinic But I have to trust Ricardo now to knohat’s best for Marcello After all, Marcello trusted hi Marcello holds more dear than me

A nals some other doctors to come and help “Gurney!”

“Help him, please,” I urney

“What happened?” the doctor asks

“He got shot,” I respond, lifting a piece of his clothing to reveal the bloodied wound

The doctor looks worried “Take him to the OR”

I grab Marcello’s hand, but I can only hold on for a few seconds as the men wheel hirab his arm and ask, “Can you fix him? Will he make it out alive?”

He takes in a deep breath “I cannot pro, but I will try my best”

My fingers grow numb as he pulls away and runs after the men who take Marcello He enters the door I’ through the tinyin the door to watch them enter a room with the one man who captured my heart

I don’t want him to die

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I count every second on the clock while watching the ti Marcello back, and I don’t even know for sure if they can do it After all, the bullet had plenty of tiht off the Irish and PolishMolly and Frank was the final straw for him Of course it made him collapse

“What are you thinking about?” Ricardo asks

I frown, still staring at that goddao faster so I wouldn’t have to wait this long for news “I shouldn’t have let hi shot He was in no condition to fight What if…?”

“Hey” Ricardo grabs hts “You can’t think like that It’s not your fault Marcello can’t ever stop He’s always been like that”

“I know, but he would’ve listened to me Maybe if I had tried more, shouted harder”