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“Let’s see You’re Mister Alexander, fucking Aon of truth and virtue Aerate?”

“You exaggerate”

“Maybe, but you do blaze in like the scales of justice ready to put anyone away, ruin his life, without a shred of mercy”

Studying his face, I ree is a dish best served cold “You said you wanted revenge What have I ever done to you?”

He’s collected again, running his finger around the lip of his now-e man named Shane?”

Filtering through“No”

His head moves slowly side to side “You wouldn’t You only knew him as Slayer Slayer Bennett”

Lightning flashes behind my eyes, but I remain cool “You’re related to Slayde?

“You nals the waitress “You ht say I’m the reason he exists”

Another Gibson is placed in front of hiain

More than any other, that court case is etched in my memory I remember what they said about Slayde’s father

“Are you pretending to care?” I evaluate the fucker sitting before ularly within an inch of his life”

“I didn’t know about that” Staring into the drink, his voice drops, and for the first ti lunatic “Shane doesn’t know I’m his real dad” Bennett’s eyes slide closed “His mother was the most beautiful woman”

“So you abandoned hiuy evaporates as quickly as it tried to appear

“It wasn’t like that Mary pushed ot sick, she said it was God’s judge bed”