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Kilo’s left eye twitched and his brow furrowed Grant narrowed his gaze on the ht quick-like that thisher at a fair price, Grant uy Kilo wasn’t so pathetic Apparently, he really thought he could sell another hu

“I ain’t leaving without her,” Kilo said, studying his fingernails “I was thinking about, you know, selling her to ya, but on second thought, I want her with me”

“Is it because you love her, or because you refuse to let another man—or men—make her happy?”

“What difference does it make?”

Grant turned toward Blake and shrugged “He’s right It doesn’t make a damn to me either way”

Kilo flashed a couple of gold teeth His smile widened and then rapidly dimmed

Before Blake could stop hiht, Grant threw the first punch of , he couldn’t hit Kilo hard enough or often enough

In the distance, Morgan wailed like a baby Her cries only added fuel to the fire She would deal with the night, and the least Grant could do was fight for the woht from the start

He threw a left hook, and then a right one Then, he thought of another reason to throw a fewhe s to someone like his brother, too

“Holy shit, et lost! Ouch! Motherfucker, you just broke my nose!” Blood squirted everywhere

“Men like you don’t give a damn about anyone, and God help the person who needs some compassion People like you rob fro in a few bucks’ worth of drugs, too, just for good measure and a quicker hook!”

“Man, you got this all wrong! Stop it!” Kilo didn’t defend himself, and by all accounts, Grant continued to attack hiht say

Grant bitch-slapped hi Kilo’s jaws automatically and so rapidly he wasn’t sure he could stop unless someone made him Kilo yelled and he tried, somewhat, to talk Grant down, but it was no use

Grant grew angrier In the distance, Morgan cried out, screahtmare led her into the kind of hell from which she’d never co

mpletely escape Grant knew that for certain He’d watched his brother fall victim to the horror discovered in the clutches of crystal meth