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“Did they help you come over?”

“No, all of that was arranged on the island They gave me a place to arrive and set up a new identity, then I was off and running A lot of people have escaped the town that I was froht price None of the others have a link to Mylandra specifically It makes no sense that she would come all this way”

“Well, she’s dealing in sno”

Alarm bells ran in her mind “No, I don’t believe that for a second She has all the drug business she wants right there If anything, the drugs are a front It always co drugs were her gateway She got you hooked until you’d do anything she’d ask Then, next thing you knew, you were dancing until you graduated to the back rooirls”

“Why would she come all this way for that?”

“To prove a point, to cater to the ners so much they’ll pay a hefty sum

There are a number of different reasons God, this is bad”

“What point?”

“That no o, she’ll find us She’s vindictive like that”

“You said it was only you”

She cursed the slip of her tongue Lying wasn’t an option She needed his trust He was seeing the ugliness inside her and there wasn’t a da her jaw, she pushed aside her need to save face She wasn’t going to hide it “I’m the only one who made it” Her voice shook She could feel the blood on her hands, sticky and warm Taffy’s lifeless brown eyes haunted her “If I hadn’t hesitated, we’d both be here now” But I did

“Is that why you named the club Taffy’s?”

She nodded “For her It was our dream to live free, own our own business and make our

own decisions She had the guts The fire She should be here enjoying this”

“Can’t go back and change the past, no matter how many times we re-live it in our minds”