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“I can go wherever the fuck I want to and don’t you forget it,” he said, his voice as hard as steel and his eyes slicing into me “Don’t worry, it will be just like old ti fa to do with old ti trips still turned my stomach

He’d only been convicted of one murder The last job to clean up the last of the dirty deeds Rhys’s parents needed buried, to preserve their new altruistic public ie Then they died They weren’t there to protect him anymore, so he’d ended up in prison

Only one murder, but I was sure there were many other bodies buried Buried to cover up the misdeeds of his eot to live out as left of their lives as the darlings of the press and the world, I knew the secrets that lurked beneath the shiny façade

I stood fro after me as I left the room My hands shook as each set offelt like a wave crashing overfreed froht I’d left behind These walls served to keep a villain out of ht soon be free

I needed to get back to the city I needed to feel like I could breathe again I needed to see Rachel Just the thought of her hter, like a lifeline thrown out toto drown ed forit from the tray

Me: Hey

Rachel: Hey stranger, how are you?

The s upward, like they had aI tried to deny It had been over a week since I saw her Trying to prove to myself that I didn’t need to see her

Me: Fine I’ht Meet me at my apartment at 9

I’d planned on flying out toet the next flight and be at the apartment by 8:30

Rachel: Alright Are you okay?

Me: I’m fine

How the hell did she know fro? I’d tried to keep my distance, but screw that I needed her and I’d have her Tonight

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