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“No” And I did not want to know anything more about that situation

He didn’t respond right away, but then came a third question He spoke uy behind you Turn and look at hi from me or not”

I turned, but ut already knew

The guy held a gun and at rew red in the face

I turned back, finding Carl watching me intently

“Yes” I moved aside

“Wha— I didn’t! The bitch is lying”

Carl asked Raize, “She’s not wrong?”

“Nine out of ten”

“Carl” The gun guy stepped forward, his ared “I’ I never skimmed on you Ever! She’s a whackjob You can’t believe her”

“The question was if you were ski me, not if you had skimmed me Your answer confirun

A hand grabbed my arm

He raised it, and I was pulled to the side just as he pulled the trigger and shot the guy in the forehead Raize had yanked me out of the way

Just like that, again, I had blood and brain matter on my face, hair, and shirt

I was so sick of seeing people killed in front of me

The door opened Another security guy poked his head in with Jake

Jake looked at Raize and me Raize motioned to him, and he stepped back outside

Carl motioned to the body “Take that out of here Dispose of it”

The security guy looked back into the hallway, and two uys stepped in, picked up the body, and carried it out One guy cleaned the blood as they went

Carl leaned back against the wall, folding his arms over his chest “I need a reason why you killed Bronski’s man, Raize”

“I told you”

“Bronski fucked up He didn’t knohat she could do He raped her, then sold her He’s too stupid to have her I’m not”

I studied Carl, searching for a clue as to what he would do He was Bronski and Raize’s boss I knew the stakes here, or I was getting them at least If Carl found in favor of Bronski, I’d be returned to hiet a bullet in the head That was hoorked If he didn’t find in favor of Bronski… I didn’t know Probably nothing would happen because Bronski was the one wronged by Raize

They didn’t give a fuck what Bronski did to me

Wo a mule or a sex worker were the two most co God for it or I’d probably be dead with a busted drug bag in s and pimped out on soame Who the fuck knew I’d hit the jackpot with Raize, I was finding out

Carl sighed, nodding “Fine You can keep her, but on one condition”