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I tip my chin as my answer

“Better watch that one She’s fucking crazy She jacked up o down on hiency rooe”

“I’ve got my eyes peeled”

I’m not worried aboutand can prettywhat that crazy bitch will do

I make a mental to note to put a word out on the street that if anyone fucks with Ella, the consequences will be harsh People already know my reputa

tion and that extends tospecifically ai to Cora, the ill spread fast, and I know she’ll hear it I just hope she’s sh to heed it

I pull up et back to work on Kyle’s tattoo

CHAPTER TWO

Luca

I’M AT ONE OF THE places I come to when I need a break froe of the bluff, one knee bent withover the side I look out across the abyss before , the difference between the left and the right One side holds the riches of Silver Hill, while the other carries the dirt-poor and desperate It literally splits down thebetween the two I’ to the barren and cruh I could afford the finer things in life

I lie back against the hard gravel and stare up at the bright sky, tucking , a name the people of Silver Hill have dubbed the bluff, is the one place where the two sides coers come up here on weekends to satisfy their twisted need to htly get-togethers just out of curiosity, but it was neverthe day when no one was around to bother me

I close s I frown as soles with the woodsy scent

Wildflowers

That’s the only word that comes to mind for the smell It shouldn’t be here because there’re no wildflowers around All that’s here is gravel and dirt and patches of dried grass The ss

The bright light froh my closed eyes di hovering over , but someone A woman A woman with brunette hair that floats around her Her eyes, the color of bright amber, stare at me dolefully