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“You’ll stay until Heavy gets here,” Nick says, like he can make me stay

“You forget who asked who to do this job” I start to rise froive a shit about the job one way or another They asked me for my help, but only because I’d planted seeds for them to do so I don’t want them to kno ive a shit

Just then, Heavy walks in

“Out!” he snaps, and the girls who have been roa around scurry from the room

Lazily, I drop back down intohis way over to where Nick and I are sitting, a fewus

Heavy is anything but heavy He’s barely five foot, balding, and wears the ot hi is because it used to be his father’s until he passed a few years back

What was once a decent crew turned into a bunch of lazy fucks who clearly aren’tas they all latched on to the stupid idea of robbing a Federal bank, these idiots are duht

Or maybe Heavy’s as crazy as I’ve heard he is, and he just doesn’t care Crazy is dangerous and makes for sloppy work Crazy is hard to understand and not easy to predict I feel like I’ve bitten offto have second thoughts My doubts are bubbling to the surface, and I think maybe it’s time to call this whole operation off

Right until Heavy drops a stack of pictures and papers on to the table,my heart jump into my throat

I sit perfectly still, trying to appear completely unfazed by what I see The real reason I want to call off the job I don’t le move to indicate I knoho the woman is Her pictures are scattered across the table for all these men to leer at, and I’h, I’ my shit

I’ve always been known for my control, and for the first time in my life, I feel a crack split in my facade The mask I so carefully wear starts to slip, and I have to rein myself in

“Tessa Morgan” Heavy says her na lottery ticket I should have seen this conored it I don’t even like her name on his lips She’s too sweet and pure for a man like Heavy to even say her name

When I knehat bank wasup every piece of inforht away but probably not for the same reasons she stood out to Heavy

I hate her na her for weeks already, and I told myself it’s because she’s a part of the job That’s a lie, because I haven’t watched anyone else at the bank Just her I want to watch her now