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“You ain’t going anywhere, doll,” Blake told her

“I want to talk to Kilo!” she screa her

“Really? A few o, you were convinced he’d kill you So which is it, hmm?” Grant demanded “Are you afraid of Kilo, or is that a bunch of baloney? Are you trying to milk us for money so you can hurry on back to Kilo and ain?” A beat later, he said, “Froo back with the money you owe him, he won’t let you stay Then ill you do, huh?”

“I’ain While the two of you were sharing woh on the farm, I was out there on the city streets Kilo took me in, so he obviously wasn’t as bad as I may have portrayed him I always had a roof overout of dumpsters”

“Wouldn’t that have made your parents proud if they were alive to see you today?” Grant asked

Morgan bowed her head “They obviously aren’t here to judge me”

“You wouldn’t care if they were,” Grant said “Let an While you were flat on your back, getting the hell pounded out of you by that , hmm?

“Were you considering how thankful you were to have a roof over your head? Were you thinking about how good it felt to have hi like the junkie you ondering how long it would take for hiet off so you could pu—his name, your own, and even us?”

Her eyes watered and she shook her head “Stop”

“No I’ you accountable for the choices you made You didn’t love Kilo He didn’t love you The two of you used one another Now, he’s thrown you out like garbage—your words, not s he more or less fronted you”

“Yes, but heroin and meth are expensive You don’t understand I cost him a lot”

“Good grief, Morgan! Wake the hell up!” Grant yelled “You don’t have the capacity to understand this right now, but Kilo didn’t do you any favors, honey You say you cost him? What the fuck do you think he did for you, huh? The way I see it? You don’t owe him a damn penny!”

“Grant is right,” Blake said “He stripped you of your self-estee, and then stuck you with a bill for the poison he watched you put in your veins Doesn’t sound like love to an”

“You don’t understand,” Morgan said softly

“Oh yes I do One minute you love Kilo, the next minute you fear him If eren’t with you now, you’d run back to Memphis and offer to suck his cock in front of the whole dah Don’t tell me I don’t understand I see the whole picture Believe me Want me to tell you how this story will end if I don’t scare Kilo away?”