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Time will tell if it was a mistake

Lorenzo stares atut me either, which is nice

“That ht be so,” he allows, “but let’s be honest here, Trent It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to knoas me, and if it points at me, it points back to you”

He has a point

“You’re right”

“Is that all you got? Or did you have so else to talk about?”

“Nope, that’s it I just wanted to double-check that there were no loose ends”

He lifts his glass, takes a swig, and places it back down “There are never loose ends”

“Do I even want to knohat you did?”

“Haven’t you figured out by now that you never want to ask , Trent Anyone as involved, anyone that could have been a possible liability, is in the ground You got me?”

He winks

A fucking wink

Shit

“I got you”

“Good” He slides lass back toward my hand, and it slams into my palet this shit It’s been a shit day, and I need to get drunk”

My fingers curve around the scotch “I’”

“Stop being a pussy and get drunk with me”

And seeing as that wasn’t a question, I decide to say fuck it

I grab the decanter and pour myself another

This is going to be a long night

27

Payton

I hurry out of class

If I don’t, I’ll miss the train

Missing the train will bring a long list of other problems for me

Nae

His lectures are not soh I still have to stop by the library before I head back to the city

I et very far before that fa to turn around, I co a few feet away froain

Is it the man from the truck? This time, however, he has a camera in his hand It’s pointed at me

Snap Snap

What the hell