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“Be there in ten” Snake disconnected

Enzo then peered over at the little girl, entranced with the baby gy moment He scooted down onto the floor beside her “Maybe you can beup What do you think about that?” he asked softly She was spotless A pure soul that see care of you is what I’er over her tiny digits

A knock came at the door Showtime He hurried to the door, ready to hear the verdict “Hey,over,” Enzo said

“Didn’t want to talk over the phone Cops always have a hard on for us We never knohen the lines are clear”

“Hell of a way to live,” Enzo said

Snake shrugged “You get used to it” He glanced down “Look at her She’s doing well”

“Yeah, man, she’s a trooper,” Enzo rep

lied, unable to hide the pride he felt

“We found the ht They said she’d been dead for two hours”

“Shit What was the cause?”

“H, man”

“Shit, heroine?” Enzo asked

“Yeah, it’s raive a shit when it was just ho into theup and crashing their cars with their kids in the back” Snake shook his head “I don’t get ould possess someone to even try the shit It’s bad news”

He blinked, trying to process They’d both lost theirfor Aoife?”

“No They suspect she’d given birth less than three o, but they have no records All this shit must’ve been under the table Maybe it was a john’s or she went to a free clinic and used a false name Can’t say Junkies don’t think rationally”