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er wrinkled lips around a cigarette I ignore her co I’d already wrapped ness Only Barbie would be s abused Especially when this is the life she’s alanted forshe never did—safety

I glance at the near eive a fuck about germs

“Give arettes Surprisingly, she pushes the pack over, along with the lighter Froarette

I slide out a cancer stick, light it up and suck greedily

I’ve no idea if Ryan actually did spike ht now, I hurt too badly to stop puffing on the cigarette It’s been a week since he proposed, nearly killed ain—and he hasn’t let ht Thankfully, I’ve shown no signs of pregnancy yet, so I’ to doubt his threat

“Did you know Billy was killing people all across the city?” I start Barbie half-laughs, half-scoffs, the sound filled with flem

“Whatever gave you the i people?” she asks with condescension

I shake h to cover up histhem across town, apparently for the last year He’s considered a serial killer—they’ve even dubbed him the Ghost Killer”

Barbie outright laughs,in her lifeless eyes Barbie’s been exposed to several dead bodies across her lifeti, but I can bet she’s witnessedes And I’m positive Billy has made an example of a couple people to make sure Barbie stayed in her place

“That’s too funny,” she says around her laugh, ashing her cigarette in an elass ashtrays around until she broke all of them over the heads of her clients Now it’s just si around, after all

I roll my eyes at her classiness

“You know that’s not normal for Billy He’s under the radar, Barbie, and you know it Why would he be leaving bodies around town?”

Her eyes shift, and soone before I can tell for sure

“He’s been getting hooked on ain,” she says casually But it’s not casual at all, we both know this It’s been over fifteen years since Billy got hooked on his own product and started killing off all of histhat he has no one left that he can trust because all of them are dead

Barbie was sh not to ask questions The woht ti with someone like Billy just by duh off her rocker So many times, I’ve wondered if Barbie is much wiser than she lets on