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“ Our money, and that’s too bad” Larry’s eyes narrowed into strips of evil i

ntent “I already have buyers on the line”

That was it

Mateo swiped Larry’s phone out of his hand and threw it to the ground It exploded, sending pieces of plastic flying into the air

Larry responded with a hayrazed Mateo’s chin

Mateo grabbed the other man by his collar and jerked hiht of day If it does, you’ll just wish you were dead because it would be a helluva lot better than the pain I would rain down on you Do you copy?”

“Ease up,deal” Larry squir her and think she’s a slut for getting naked in the elevator”

Olivia gasped and clasped her hand to her mouth

A fierce rage erupted froh hi his control until all that was left was its charred remains He hauled Larry up until his tiptoes barely touched the sidewalk “No one talks about her like that No One”

He slaainst The Kitchen Sink’s brick wall hard enough that the iain He curled his hands into fists and landed a right hook against the other man’s check He deflected a weak punch and then folloith a pair of jabs that landed square in the man’s soft belly By the ti hard, a shiner darkened one eye and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth

The urge to keep going rushed through Mateo, pounding against his brain and refusing to be ignored But he had to He was the police chief What he’d done—though deserved—was bad enough There would be consequences, for him and for Olivia

“Get out of here,” Mateo said, his fists heavy as iron by his side “And don’t come back”

“I’lob of phleg Olivia’s shoe “See you at the movies, skank”

Red ate away the edges of his vision “You really are a stupid motherfucker”

Mateo’s fist crashed against Larry’s nose Bone crunched under the i hiet far He’d had his chance to escape and had blown it His fist landed an uppercut to the guy’s cheekbone His head snapped back