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The man entered a narroay that skirted the coast a few hundred feet ahead ofhim in an attempt to intimidate him, put him off balance

"How do you live with yourself?" I said in a hushed voice,me feel that violence was the only solution

He stopped and turned to faceto be followed

"Who the fuck are you?"

I grabbed his arm when he tried to run "Who do you think I am?"

He shook his head, his eyes wide "I don’t know" He lookedme up "Are you one of Franklin's men? I paid up"

"No," I said,a mental note to check all Spencer's contacts for a Franklin

"Then who are you?"

I reached into his pocket and grabbed his keys, his wallet, and his cell He tried to wrestle with me, but I was a few inches taller and a few dozen pounds heavier

"Go," I said and shoved him

"Give those back," he replied, reaching for the wallet and

cell, trying to take them from me

I withdrew my sidearm and pointed it at him "Leave before I shoot your sorry ass," I said and backed away "Be prepared"

He frowned "For what?"

But by the paleness to his face, I could tell he knehat Iarrested when I turned the bastard in