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When I saw one of therin and reach for as either a brass knuckle or a knife in his pocket, I got up and walked over to the bar There were twobehind it—correction: one man and a boy He had to be in his early twenties, but froer stuck in a locker

Leaning in, I s to need more ice”

“What?” he questioned The older man beside him just nodded

“Pretty boy,” a voice said I turned back to face the three idiots behind ive us the cash, and we let you make it home in one piece?”

The old rabbed it and twisted the top off,theirs

“Did you think this over?” I questioned before drinking

“You think we fuckin’ playin’ with ya?” the second idiot shouted, spit landing on his own beard “We’ll end you right here”

“The money Where it at?”

Sighing, I put my beer down and answered, “Next to your mother’s balls, ya bas”

“You fuck—” The rabbed his ar his face onto the bar when the second came up to me I took the knife and stabbed hiface to face with idiot number three Before he could blink, I had a 44 in his face, his eyes wide For a split second, I saw hi

Facing back, I fired once into the kneecap of the first idiot who didn’t knohen to stay down, before pointing it back in front me

“Would you like to rethink this decision now?”

He dropped the knife, backing away before rabbed ain kicked up my feet

Southbend had to be one of the few places were you could shoot a man in the knee and no one would bat an eye, let alone tell a soul That, on top of the fact that Austin was blocking out all of the phones made it insanely easy for me to be here Hell, soain, I would wait So

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