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He proved h, like he was uncoone in under Leo’s direct boss, you would’ve been flagged You wouldn’t have made it past the car doors They would’ve killed you Your face is too much like your sister’s Unless Leo worked you both, it wouldn’t have been approved They have certain protocols to cut down on getting caught Certain types of girls they prey on”

Prey

Protocols

Fuck them Just, fuck them

“Tell me you killed them,” I said softly “You killed them all Tell me you did that”

His tone was gentle “I killed theot theor The operations had been weeded out before, and I worked it so Igor thought he was getting hit by Maxiht it was retaliation for the 63rds”

“They never suspected Roman?”

“No He’s the youngest and kept his operations under wraps in Russia They never kne large he’s gotten Now he’s oing to be in chaos for a while Cops, FBI, whoever, Rorid We had new burner phones every day Neays to coone We’re supposed to stay low for a few more months”

My mind whirled “Wait You said Brooke’s new pih?

Did I even want to know?

Yes If she went through it, the least I could do was hear it

“Roh They don’t know it cairls It’s a ot swept up by the cops They should be classified as sex trafficking victiet theirls”

“What’s the difference?”

“A lot, actually One can get resources, help The other gets charged, and if a new pimp moves in, they’ll be back to ithin the day”

“My sister?”

“She was charged with prostitution”

“Oh my God”

“But Ro to ed” A pause “There’s a couple other matters”

“What?” My voice cracked

My sister was alive I had to run down le-handedly taken care of most of them What else could there be?

“Your father”

It took a few seconds for his words to penetrate “Huh?”

“You said your dad was a drunk”

“He was Ouroff the rails My dad kinda ith her”