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“It would be wise of you to stay on this side of the tracks froain, I’llhell I may not be the type to hit a woman, but I know plenty of women ill do it for me”

Squeezing a little tight

er, I pull her toward ainst the wall Her hands shake as she grabs my arm

“You get me, Cora?”

I loosen ive her room to answer

“Y-yes,” she stutters

I release her and give her one more nasty look before I turn on lance as I walk past him I’m at the door when his scratchy, pathetic voice reaches my ears

“You won’t get aith this My father will—”

I interrupt hiotten you off on assaulting Ella,” I turn and face him, “but I have connections too Do you really want to test me on that?”

It’s been two days since Ella came home from the hospital, and one day since Chase was acquitted of assault charges and released fro to do with He’s so shot defense attorney that works in the city It came as no surprise when the prosecutor said Chase was cleared because he had an alibi I’m sure his alibi was conveniently one of Chase’s equally rich friends

I take his silence as his answer and turn back to the door, flinging it open so it slaainst the wall and rattles some pictures I cli up dust in my wake

I END UP BACK at the hospital after leaving Chase on the floor of his house I don’t worry he’ll call daddy and havefor hiests otherwise, he’s not stupid With a daddy like he has and all the crooked shit he’s done, he knows there’s ways of doing shit without getting caught Chase hiot his buddies to fake his alibi

I’es One is to go back and finish pulverizing Chase, but there’s another pull that’s stronger To visit Jules again It’s late, after et into her roo her, but my curiosity about the comatose woman eats at me

What happened to her? Where is she from? Why doesn’t she have fa tome for help?

The last two questions I et the answers to, and it frustrates the hell out of me