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oing to hate y into finding his, and I haven’t said a da

But now, Mako wants to co I can do is collect the much needed rent and find another ti, it’s her She didn’t know about Billy’s killings before, but now that it’s been brought to her attention, she’s going to weasel any infor besides selling her body, it’s getting information

Dread settles inforMako here is such a bad idea

“Maybe we should just not go,” I say, cringing as the words co suspicious His eyes narrow onme

“I’d feel better doing this while I’m with you,” he says finally Goddah to know that I want to go byto let that happen Not after I already opened s Billy put h, and especially not after Billy nearly beat me to death

Fuck, fuck, fuck There’s no getting out of this and the only person I can be angry with is erous if it completely halts the ability to think properly

Don’t freak, River Just go in, get the money, and leave Simple

Nothing with Shallow Hill is ever simple

The entire ti Mako directions, I’m tempted to just make him drive to a random, empty house and claim she’s not home There are plenty of abandoned houses in Shallow Hill It would be easy But so to Mako even more than I already am

He pulls into the driveway of my decrepit childhood home Just like every other house in this sad town, the white panels are hardly white and hanging on by a thread Boarded up s frohts between Barbie and her clients A rickety wooden porch with a collapsed step and a hole in it froh

It’s fucking e to say the least

“You don’t have to come in, Mako”

He’s already opening the door and rounding the car to open mine for me My heart drops when I see Barbie’s beady little eyes peeking through the tattered curtains

The dread ce to need a jackhammer to clear it out when this is all said and done

I draginto the house, Mako onwhen all I want to do is remove him from this house