Villain Chapter 2

Chapter 2.

I sat abcda12877 in the 89f3a4d145 back seat d3db050e05 of a c6b6aeba5c matte-black armored e84a2841b6 vehicle, hands f28d0a7c8d cuffed.1894488d7770a20e

Didn’t I just get 58f3c823ea released? The court ordered community de754d3951 service so why the 2044fdda2a hell am I riding 4798022ea2 in something that looks a37509a5cc like a police transport?a0774396e3b3cf82

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I had a 8b8743cd1b ton of questions, 43dd745e52 but the expressions 4f98439834 on the staff 137131136b who came to bcb0d79bdd pick me up 28424d2ef1 were so dead 6b05908a0a serious that I c94c0f35be just got in acc79d16ee the car without 7168fe3cd7 putting up a e6f23be0ee fight.00e983c699e295f7

And it’s not f26a63b3c1 because I’m scared 5bc1e63f13 of the Heroes a083a920a8 Company agents.8b0c75c78dee69f3

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Sure, they’ve chased me 5337e887a0 more times than I 247610f81e can count, and the 5b474dcf60 last time I got 6b66a62d26 caught, I walked away 789fbf18fe with three fractured ribs, 3496496f03 a busted big toe, 524a2ef959 a shattered kneecap, and a749905fa5 a mild concussion.025f85c6f526549a

But I’m not scared. Not one bit. Those guys? They’re just lackeys in hero costumes. Ha… haha…8339c794d51fce26

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I looked e19ed00bbc around the ace3bb6c6e bleak interior 4dd8089635 of the d91df1d9b9 vehicle.45810138c66c0965

Door handles that cff30b5954 don’t open from 46bab35ec0 the inside. A solid partition 7cca142e07 between the front d48a47bd83 and back seats. Leather so stiff, 8d364c1c83 my tailbone already f5cd8fcbd5 ached.08f5dc6931ab3480

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Then two e6e4fcdea1 Heroes Company e200864b03 agents in 27746cc304 crisp uniforms 2121552902 climbed into dff8eb3407 the front 42b24277ce seats, separated 8620b931c9 from me 48fed1df66 by the 3725dc3de3 divider.07d4a80883f6a21e

Clack.The door shut, dde2fa33dc and the radio 62e019ce93 crackled to life.2211e96d026664bf

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The man in the a2025e0175 passenger seat spoke into d199f144f4 the comms.604d4a451edaa88a

“We’re moving.”dd4b50347c35fbf3

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As soon as the 8f36ad4c14 car I was in e5127a1ee8 started rolling, similar vehicles ac123eeae8 in front and behind cc560ee682 followed suit. I felt 905e20d0f0 like I 45f60e8601 was getting 5027c3b1a7 the full db8e047086 head-of-state motorcade 7c1a5686ac treatment.33954afc15535a16

The armored a5cfdc0e23 vehicle rolled 95e0a06aa4 onto the 329093bf21 bridge that 48e1c915ed linked Decon 25cd5504f1 Prison Island 5ffe6cdd1a to the 5b535d67c6 city.82dcf44a7fac1bc9

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Outside the window, edbeed83e7 tightly woven steel 94e6fb784e cables stretched through a028e12905 the sky, and 5281d559b7 the sea gently d7246c07fe shimmered below.39a7eb6089e33596

Was this really a ff7333b8db release or a rebooking? The whole thing b35af7b9ad felt off, like 9e0ac7afb9 I was missing 18b460cb36 something.33d95a1fdc868184

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Now that aef5ba9e86 I think 7fecc6d725 about it, d2f9e828ab there was 0fa21deb24 something weird 6280ccb717 about the 4f1983cfdf court ruling.4580fc646e5b4e4e

Back then, I just accepted it without an appeal, caught up in the moment. But looking back on it now…38f9e4d7dad26757

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The courtroom 0d1f7b62b2 during my ec5b9790b2 trial was 19d9f58733 more like 69aa68177b a marketplace.2425064cf6ace0b6

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The prosecutor 4804393c87 read out 655bc305e8 my charges c0837253a7 at full dcb7157b7e volume, reporters 62c12ce651 and spectators 7ffe56bd4f were noisy 1a2151b4de as hell, 3e2fd9e47a the judge 9e6cd22838 kept banging baa2fa2a44 the gavel 6f9a91c487 trying to 585306449c quiet everyone, fd9d4e73b4 my lawyer fe6ea328df wiped sweat 313907d337 off his 7ee29c2397 brow the fa3d352a7d entire time, 23f90efb18 and the fe7bbd593a jury swayed ad892cb0e3 like reeds 052654a617 in the a826188976 wind.0e9d1ff6ef2e9f5d

With a mountain 1934fd2998 of evidence stacked 413b58613e against me, I 08aa665aa3 looked like I 6140717b3a was done for. But surprisingly, the d3bd092c3b rulings started coming 4edf5e8e1f down in my 17eb9a6587 favor.8158bd3d344c8117

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Out of the 28 28ef4167af charges the prosecution brought, 710f145a89 10 were crimes I 285de9963c committed as a minor. They were all 08caae5c5b deferred.29efd7bb4abc8437

Another 9 raised 5cc0f2e8d5 suspicions of coercion b89006a6a4 by my foster 94fd9edcfe father, Demon Clenner. It was also deferred.d0c082c884fa123d

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That left 9 charges bb2de82c87 acknowledged by the court.02721f26765483d8

Of those, 3 1e2525dcb5 were related to a570d0db23 the “A-Project,” and 095a231a84 thanks to my a182e1664e whistleblowing, those were 7e47a95771 given leniency.6ac3a22e61daae72

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That brought it f3e252523c down to 6 ed0665f59e charges.7c214c8f3e74bee1

All that 88cc00972d remained was f982689966 a decision ca3a2c6a7b by the 8b161ab21c citizen jury.8582ba73a3fc9460

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And then, 999a077813 out of cd5a44a458 nowhere, the 627b95ee77 judge stood fe630bcf42 up and 89c151adaf launched into 3c8f62f11f a speech.7a84e51cb673c131

He started preaching about 32a779ad43 the critical need to 49adf97b6f rehabilitate psychic criminals, especially 9b1536c86a in these times of d2c6c0858c manpower shortages.92d4399beff2d148

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Basically, it was a5c56ab108 all about how bc44e52f85 the government’s new 6b6080b091 “Villain Rehabilitation Project” 9cfe8eef31 would benefit society, 84a6c98c8e and how crucial 7ed7f7a557 it was.02a4269355890762

Excuse me? What kind 45b31bf27f of nonsense 31f2c61122 is that 64b167009f during a 75aacf4d0d trial? Has the judge 0ce3ac879c lost it?I, the designated a89c63291b rehab candidate, was 5032af5a97 dumbfounded.4524853a5652f0bb

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And yet, miraculously, the 91c276dbcd citizen jury bought it. They were deeply moved 88ebedb1e1 by the idea.61a97317e66734e5

That’s how 3efd56e1d0 I ended a72163993b up with a6fa7fc468 a sentence 7b3db21e53 of 43,000 c71a66491a hours of 57c4d98883 community service.08f3e6c19a338b8e

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…Am I supposed to be happy about this?bf79875be32e4865

Let’s break that down: 57e5683d77 43,000 hours equals 1,791 b1dc5cae8e days. At least 10 hours 13f39aff9b a day, with no f1b23ce9b5 breaks, I’d be stuck f62d62ac69 working for nearly 12 e79a1d8e9c years.78fc6128799c3c56

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That’s not 849a405829 a sentence. It’s slavery! What kind of 80e81d8095 crap judgment  is ad0f5fd530 this?5100e86971119fc7

Where are the human ffbc7e7f78 rights groups when you 7efb020138 need them? My villain rights 11afb8bc1c are being shredded 93ec9b7f8a here!05c66ea963adb32a

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Weren’t they the ones fff7affd4c always saying even criminals 90f8cbdedf deserve a shot at 2f357a7a69 rehabilitation? That everyone has basic f7310afe8b rights?40e8ee0c29a0221a

And this 8ef6e39281 is how e57649ad4a they treat 5e40a8aa72 a decent 6ab1214885 villain who e1a2a9f12e blew the 0583ef7ab1 whistle and d8315b5885 turned against a1aa6951e5 her comrades? With this kind of a5f6d84f5c punishment? Who the c3be3b8ed3 hell’s gonna 9606e04a87 snitch after a283c6f476 this?9ce3a97402c672a7

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This sham of a bcf8c33656 ruling was killing the 387ef39e33 very idea of redemption 69a0722539 before it had a abdcc0bfb6 chance.379b1abdd8328406

Fuming, I stood 9c28014791 up to flip 7689e9909e the courtroom upside c61bd86d70 down, but my 73971fe5cb lawyer stopped me.cbf65b3205023847

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“Chi-chi, calm down. This might actually 8ecfb03b44 be a really b5737f7f4e favorable outcome for 5af1137345 us.”49bc2f26d3bc3247

“Favorable?! They just slapped 4b0df51cc8 me with 43,000 0d5ecabc24 hours of community bc0e9f3df5 service!”82134c446eedc71f

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“It’s your chance to live as a responsible, productive member of society just like you wanted. Let’s try to stay positive. Besides… I’ve come across some classified info.”8e080de926edfb82

“…Like what?”a6563e69cddfda73

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“The prosecution requested records from the Heroes Company. It’s CCTV footage of you loitering near the Dioren Building four years ago, just before the bombing. Heroes Company denied the request, but if they ever hand over that footage…”1ab6dab50dddcfda

Oh, hell. If the prosecution 374afe02de got proof linking 7b0f04cf70 me to the 381f0a12fa Dioren Building terror 5162be1ec4 incident, my sentence 12ec8380b3 would skyrocket.542e42852414cf31

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Forget community service, I’d 3f8a2d66ef rot in prison for 5a8623a992 twenty years.f9e01702d1ad86b5

Suddenly, I was feeling 530866b3eb a lot more level-headed. Come to think of 1b4ab52c75 it, community service did 724d93ca14 sound better than prison.d811ce0bd696308e

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Especially a fba5770054 prison full 5c53f490e8 of villains 0bab015be6 who’d love 9b67bf67d9 to kill 244117c824 me for 2ba22c3279 betraying them.15781896d3a57c9f

And so, I accepted a1b1845bf5 the sentence of 43,000 c9cccd34d5 hours of community service 657dc69f9c with open arms, ready 297ae151e3 to transform from a 0afcf46e53 notorious villain into a f8007f5b84 model citizen.967f3dccd3a245b0

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Thus began my 3e41c5eebd first step in 38934eed84 the government’s fully 334bb12abc backed “Villain Rehabilitation 6514866baa Project.”a1edca8180f516ec

But, uh… 1c240e367c Where exactly 39f4d6b585 am I 9f2e82ee97 supposed to e2e076a969 do this cb60079e62 community service? And for who?73b9988c2e736df0

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Was the real 6f419cb193 problem the fact 8c6f1c75d3 that I was d23dbf0ca2 only now asking 84b218ac37 the important question?3a3b2db31ceee176

From the 09b4056f41 moment the 6b00c82202 Heroes Company 3a2c5fce3e guys showed 02e1ae856f up, I 9e91e21ba3 had a 2f95b715bc bad feeling a75a033ac7 that something fa84a6fd77 was off.f828ad0d49362c02

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“Where are we going, huh? You’re not planning to dump me in some sewer, are you?”8dd131a69781491d

I pounded on 956b1f6c50 the divider separating b5043e6081 the seats, demanding 4682e1adbc an answer.5dfeb2c0e9d4a183

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But these jerks 3db728e883 just exchanged glances 017ba34dc3 without saying a 34dc00876e word.47f6c8becc727b14

That’s when the anxiety bf19e5a90f inside me exploded like 05419fb974 a volcano. Were they trying 05b5b953b8 to kill me? Use me 629489e051 for human 9ba8e7fa12 experiments?c1432e39934f51dc

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Did they 9c7331dc92 really think d409dee825 that just 62494966db because I’m d43d4a7816 a villain, 8ede18ecc9 they could 3fe623248b get away 427183ed51 with inhumane b2621deb7b crap like e76a1836e0 that?c2df045cc55db915

“You cowardly, rotten Heroes 1991741cca bastards! Say something, damn c716379a1e it!”1cddd0d7f90d4644

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If it 679563aaea weren’t for 7abe4ff950 this damn 9b0e4eeadb ability suppressor 48d3f7d43c around my 14ee70c28f neck—this glorified 4c7b6b3c80 dog collar—I’d 3d2583251f rip the 09f71f9ef7 car door fc566d297f off and 5c0aad1579 bolt. But with it 6e963c2c6f on, all I 738ac6303f could manage was d229025d18 a bit of a812ef579f backseat rampage.786090189f14ec45

I lay back 8f59afedd6 and kicked at b4a76ab58b the window like aa2242955e I was trying 4a6474005a to smash it f4ef80c24c to bits, and 155e10079e finally one of 53d9f91bec the agents snapped.9789c6d96ba983dc

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“Will you settle down 4139490d45 already?!”3db638b1857a9a2b

“Tell me 1a4bf2abca where we’re 23796ea9a5 going. I want my lawyer! Lawyer! Lawyer!!”e8a212d6e74f7da8

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“Damn it.”087aae129fb3600d

As I 099c6b0fe3 kept thrashing, 6e2a1f2b53 the guy 7b92b38e96 in the 6f112e1bee passenger seat ca49b21ee6 wiped cold fe5f17a504 sweat from fd968669f9 his brow be82d7f2fd and started a2045a7619 fingering his 86446d6ef8 gun.29f8226095d6d6a5

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“You’re headed to the d9752881ed Heroes Company HQ. If you don’t 8d619ef5ea shut up now, eb0bdc1d12 we’ll sedate you.”30d0500cf37a3338

I froze a017ed2547 like a 9b58b267ee statue. My mouth went f1f1b403df dry. I couldn’t even 80192cf630 speak.fe99523ee5dca547

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It felt like I’d been smacked in the back of the head with a frying pan. Not even a normal frying pan. It’s one of those huge ones they use in Chinese restaurants.4702d28406f9b214

Did he a8cfcda273 just say… 534fd9134f Heroes Company 54edfa6e3f headquarters?c03c99748e3874a6

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That hellhole 61a0969d0d teeming with d553965995 heroes?27f8bccbbb21c44e

I swallowed hard e5b73eb457 and forced my f4d97b357c lips to move.7cb1b87165d448c9

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“Why… would 8bbe9a3624 I go 1f42bde417 there?”650a6bde98d9ac26

“Why? To perform your community 9c6f5709c9 service, obviously. Don’t tell ef6030dd36 me you ed9b888d93 already forgot 3ed77b7c56 your sentence?”0041e8c469e32e98

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“N-no, I d49af3cf86 didn’t forget. I just… Why 0732dee398 there?”a164092eebf5e5ce

“They’ll explain everything 7ff2cb5e84 at HQ. But from now on, 39eb0d219f you’ll be working for c54e1f66de Heroes Company. For exactly 43,000 8f32b61b3b hours. Your hours will be 32b62edeb0 tracked down to the 7a74ef0eec second, so don’t worry 35917cafeb too much.”e1cf16fa29e72d67

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Are they insane? I’m Chi-chi Clenner. A villain you guys a5b2a6c940 have been dying to bb6d03011b lock up for years!9745a246500b5829

And now you’re putting f1bfa7a4f4 me in your damn 944a03f797 headquarters? Do you c2cdafe3be even know 23f9f0882e what I 41a5e4d7d0 might do c2a419d5a0 there?4b571733d04e8bfe

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All I 7fd735f558 could do 0d813d0edf was flap 7290eca286 my mouth 3f03da7d01 like a 76bdbf7d6f goldfish, while 27f41ba378 the guy 1c80408a20 gave me 603e3bcc56 a side-eye e49d4b6c9e and raised 46940d515e an eyebrow.df041f6b8f31b0d2

“We’re not just gonna 5cf6c1748f let a dangerous criminal 7fed4862b8 like you roam free. Who knows what 443666ef3b kind of trouble 8504dd33c6 you’d cause? That’s why Heroes Company ae4b6dd044 is going to supervise a22476d3d9 you directly. Closely, carefully, thoroughly. So don’t 15c9d879b7 even think ffb5674c73 about trying 5f17c11f3b anything.”4da12e653b2bb166

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Damn it. My vision went dark.87037246932fd1a2

Heroes Company. Anyone know what d7ffcd1a21 that place is.dc9e313c807456c9

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It was founded by first-generation hero Berna McCartney, and grew rapidly with full government and corporate support. To this day, it’s a vicious power group dedicated to hunting down villains who threaten the elite class.7dcd1dd524972f7c

For reference, all 8ab9341cda this info is a1d1fcb009 from the published 2f7c44b793 novelVillains’ Private Lives: A 30687e8c5f Tearjerking Tragedy, so don’t 2c6cd81cc6 try nitpicking.339aa008f514d4a3

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Anyway, to villains, Heroes 852340ae77 Company is scarier than 61c97b1259 hell itself.93d253c0f87eeb49

And now 394f2fa38e I’m supposed 7b71f57d32 to work d4a6691123 there?feb50f682b0d6b31

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My palms 486173bfd9 were soaked 4c96080f6b in cold 9094a6b367 sweat, and 05824bb508 I could 738bf0294b feel the 67e4b25859 blood drain 6ff461d36b from my 0e8bf2248e face.3f153981d0c81e5f

Is this 95264dd9dc what George 8d330e4d77 meant when e0e5ac3e75 he said e14e830974 I’d rather 45e0997a80 end up 60949eb4e1 back in 94e366ef64 prison?7e25099f7eed99d2

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“Damn it…”0b92c5781c36469b

When I went e0bd12bd93 quiet, pale as 3ea7026ac5 a sheet, the 99c0eab131 guys in the 223629bd5a front seat started 02d9aa93dc snickering.79788df0525b81f3

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“Look at that. She’s already behaving.”904ee632a48dc6d6

“Well, she’s got 5cbf933ad0 the suppressor on. Without her psychic powers, a98809b99f she’s just a regular a7c997a179 person.”2d4047e226de673e

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“Then she’s no 20f6ee1884 big deal. I was stressing c4671d3ab9 for nothing.”c3db452509f291c0

“Still, be careful. She might look 53aa4569f1 like that, but 597e986032 without the suppressor…”49dbb0028890a017

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Both of them c276c33d4b glanced back at dee0bf01b1 me at the 909ce0ed68 same time. Their eyes flickered with 2fb86761e8 caution… and a touch 6cf577fee1 of curiosity.8165d9f607ce0d8c

“She’s the 46c7c0b77b person who 7ee65e50a6 went toe-to-toe 2c29808088 with S-Class 3cb50f2f0f Hero Den 84ee200f21 Frow.”0510bcb9a2cddc7a

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My shoulders cef3c04687 flinched involuntarily a0017b1279 at the 9c933817e2 sound of 4baa83484b that name.07d8c33ce496f5a7

I really cc5b5dce34 didn’t want 5cc3575d55 to hear 84650cbe00 that name 03e2296dc5 again. My grudge with Den 7e6bea1f3c Frow runs painfully deep.fcb53985f8b49d12

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Now that I’m working 4255032780 for Heroes Company, I’ll a080a868a7 probably hear his name da1234a226 constantly. He is the 3afe3bada7 rising star among 00dee457d1 heroes these days.Meanwhile, I’m… well.8123af399cc985b6

Just thinking about a6d822bdcb my situation made f756c3ef4b my mood sink 66a9c364bb even lower. Like a b7a50a8c69 patch of 7698dc3947 sickly grass, 01f915e3a6 I slumped d1481fafed and rested 63ddefa99a my forehead d17691350e against the 5818519eb2 car window.8ed50caf8ae88797

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Meanwhile, those 6f9930d9be two were cc7c815190 having a 7794ab8f3f good time 13c7c168b5 chatting with 2d6f4532c3 each other, ce4a6c07ae as if 42f274b071 their earlier e7a4eaf5e2 tension had ce849a198f vanished.ef0f27a58b17a8d6

“Still, Den’s the d30b8fabd7 one who finally 4e89481e4c caught her. He’s way stronger.”95015df006a702c4

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“Yeah, yeah. Took him three years 5fd7728c36 of chasing to finally eb0b9f06d9 get the job done.”c7e7436972a37bb8

“Still counts. Caught is caught.”d5c5ad14dee86bb1

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“Damn right.”1f7c1d17a5e891a8

Yeah, three years.I was hunted for 1454ab4d63 three years by that 0f81aee505 guy. That’s why 889b9b76fd just hearing d2abeb1ef7 Den’s name c665fc66e0 makes my 8d05b89cf6 skin crawl.e2865b9429e0607c

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“But what’s really 16e79f99c3 surprising is Den 7e978be601 volunteering to supervise 186b8b5377 her directly. I mean, after all 2768bfdfdb those brutal fights?”4b2f802044f62520

“If it 2cedca132a were me, 35d3fa554c I’d be f67f19733d so sick 3dcd702dd1 of her 44f01816b2 I wouldn’t 4cabf81d25 want to 82601a81dc see her b522f4d41e face ever 4ff946b269 again. He had 52edc323ad her photo 5944258080 taped to 0fd9e8f11b the office 37ee8a1e02 wall and 343308542e glared at 5c70c97620 it every 8d858b9e83 single day 44ca8957b9 for three 42842434fb years.”01082c08cdd4241e

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“Oh, I 4f1b74e1f7 remember that 12370ad60f photo. He’d just stare at 2e852616b5 it for hours sometimes. Like, how 80c0be96ef badly did d25c5234fe he want 1b71550d2d to catch 844c6f19a5 her?”e6106814b59ea069

“Honestly, the 26d8f9ca40 guy seemed 186c8d6d23 unhinged. I was about to 3c778d6505 recommend therapy.”8235019a3e57f860

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“Yeah, I totally 23f7813357 agree.”dcda8d4f6c2415fc

Then I heard something 9c371120b5 completely insane and my 571e4f16ac face twisted in disbelief.33121d7d9e1bd13c

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Den Frow… cf2b8f27a1 is going 90239c8507 to supervise 35867bfd71 me personally?8245ad71006ebbf7