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“That does sound siet Paul, where are we holding him?”

“My island is out,” Cyrus says “Ivy lives on it”

“Unfortunately, ht be pissed if she hears the screams”

“I have the perfect place,” Lorenzo adds, a grin on his face

By the way Matteo cringes, I have a feeling things get ugly there

“Thanks, Lorenzo,” I tell him, and I mean it

Even though he’s talking about torturing ahim, most likely), this is for Payton, and I owe him

“It’s the least I can do You did make me a shit ton of money last year”

“And it was clean,” I add

“True”

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Payton

The loft seems colder without Trent here

The room is empty

My pen hovers over hts of earlier this ht he would kiss , and the moment vanished

The good thing about being alone—despite the nurse situated in this house to watchShe setmy bed

Instead, I have my list out The one full of anti-Trent scribbles It seele to add to the tally,elsewhere

Do I want him to kiss me?

I ski the past few harms around me The feel of his hands on hsthe sound makes my heart beat a little faster

Every second leads to the ultimate realization

Yes, I do

I want him to kiss me

I want him to do more

On this e hi him

And right back to hating hiood heart

Mostly for others He did try to ruin your life, remember?

But his ned by Ronnie to be as cruel as possible And dammit, I see him

I see the good