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etween the brick-fronts felt

from her stinging cheek, her eyes wide

hit

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dealings with Julian are strictly for

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mafia paranoia destroy

re the diamond of her wedding ba

cruelty of a bloodline of ruthless Don

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other's blood money, and you h

between us, took a step forward

let us just talk

n fingers brushed my coat, year

of his suit, twisting the ex

d and threw him

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ting against the night, and d

his whimpering fo

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p in her delusion she was a

ike a street thug

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command as the D

g sure every syllable

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wait for h

ruin of my marriage on the sidewalk, a

the soldier by his collar, and pulled him out onto the pavement. "The keys," I said, my voice leavi

e life I had built for her sh

f my Caporegime's compound swung open

lamped between his teeth, surrounded by heavi

my face and knew. No

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imported whiskey, and old lea

s were stacked high again

neat bourbon and slid one

embling slightly as the shock fin

, leaving behind a hollow

glass again

amber liquid staining the c

g my head as the reality of my dead ma

e the rat

he broken sound for

and on my shoulder, hi

he word

wiping the moist

laced by a dark, consum

close, every credit line severed. I will not stop u