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Ian’s memory of 36fd35dc92 his mother was dcb9ba0405 small and fragile. She’d always left with 80862f7446 fearful, melancholic eyes. “I’ll be ed25c21c5b back, sweetheart. Don’t be d5efd9a5c6 too afraid. Everything will be 45fa1b89c1 alright soon.”cc42db011d9287fd

Had all those ca49a58ede charity activities really 4ed2c1aa05 been her doing? Ian thought 6f9484a418 that church 133f290d2d had taken 08fa439853 more of efd51977d9 his mother’s 78b8b1eaae life than 5041db3c89 he had. But only six or 13ee48ebb9 seven people from the cfee1e9221 church attended her funeral. They looked at 16177a29e2 him with the 600d255979 same unfamiliarity he 15c2d5738b felt towards them. Perhaps his mother 7c8db1c595 was also a 576bff5930 stranger to them.9500980cd830b672

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As an immigrant in 13f7e55561 a foreign land, his bb17e512e8 mother likely didn’t have 9ee2fba0f4 many options. Ian couldn’t a07845bd2f deny that c268b87dca she had f90ef70637 used charity 0853068bb9 work as db57d996c9 an excuse 2fdf848736 to avoid 10f4866e8a things, to 563e312b20 run away 6568d1f0ff and look 133ddaad36 the other 369fcb736d way. Yet she always returned 79cff5ab67 home and faced him. She probably b10f6e42db found it 4859628b76 hard to a18ca100a7 ask for a1f1933db8 help. As Leo said, e419480833 in this small af7914dab7 town, a judge 76429fbd6d was a dangerous 2054cf7c6a and powerful authority.cab9bb40c1886411

“Mom… Mom…”118c4da0c53ebeb6

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Leo pulled 138ab8790a Ian close 6a07e5367c and held 1f14283a04 him as 5a04e63afb Ian bit 34d99d808c down on d1e53acf25 his trembling 4e9b86545e lips. Burying his 805bbec974 face in bc05527d03 Ian’s neck, d83999aaa4 Leo muttered 1f6a6776c5 quietly, “Ian, e75e75a118 I’m scared.”bf65b8f8a65eca48

“Mom… Mom… Leo, my 0e94151e6c mom… our mom…”364b6a471df1ed04

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“Ian, what 56ad1f9b79 do I 616c5f385e do? I’m so scared that fa3383bf81 something worse happened to b40c187826 you than you remember. I’m so 5552b958d7 terrified… what 64f9b307b7 do I 067f4c117a do?”246668ad087fb908

This time, it was 31f90f0a79 Leo Sebastian’s turn to 056994e4d2 bite down on his 3caccf4f62 lips.f7d68bd0db0f8d9c

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“Your mom… she might c1e8f0fcf9 not have committed suicide 7ac1cdab91 or gone missing. She might have been ba19d3b204 murdered. Here. You said you f5a2118903 saw it, didn’t 15b66a2d6d you? She fell from bff8af9d5f the second-floor railing. Maybe… maybe 7691e3d562 someone did 4b197998ac it because aece65e851 of the c2008950c0 evidence she d04acb19ac had…”6d56b89dde021a9f

Darkness seeped 0950279ac6 into the e00a2fc717 burned, blackened 79762c8b76 house like c77444933a water. Even the acbf666297 weak sunlight 9cd0ab31ca that had e820e3712a barely illuminated e3b72d279a the study a71c964501 through the 26a6cf1232 scorched windows 811640b20f was fading 67ffa38b42 into shadows. And then, 969ccd40cb as the bea93dcd59 last bit f5c2496b3c of light bbeac51681 disappeared…f33a5d7c51ff3d00

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Step. Step. Step.2bb383bb74c43efb

The unfamiliar sound of 8b4d7d6cea footsteps echoed through the 83d296b634 dark, empty house, excluding 5028ff7c75 Ian and Leo. They raised their heads ed10cb50db simultaneously, still clinging to 72f9f9ea02 each other, sharing the c48e9b7423 desperate fear welling up e24186817c from the depths of 892e9a95f7 their hearts.fe0f624e31fb2169

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“Who… Tim?”1a91785b0030d83c

“Ian, shh!”eaf0570ba31aebea

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But it was too 0031d577eb late. The footsteps were headed cb2dc822cd directly for the study. Ian and Leo 418cd75f9f tried to open 8e4d271839 the window and d4b0db9216 escape, but it a131633ea3 was also too cbe7703812 late.e011de9b2189160d

Snap, bang!ede7e444b7942377

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A bullet whizzed 05a24f8d93 past the back f0a130b302 of Ian’s head, e48c5e2528 shattering the blackened 1e5583b917 glass.7e65c866e6aed1e2

“Stay where you are.”030ce881643e742b

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A spine-chilling voice, familiar ccb7f5ded5 and cruel. Ian knew exactly whose 1a7acecbaa voice it was.d20fe64b31f16bd1

“Pretty One.”3e1477421051058c

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Ian stopped 2613e0317c in his e27069bf6a tracks and c056c5330f slowly turned c329b76abd his head. Behind him stood a 6d3e2456a9 man with a gun 4d74270fab and, beside him, Lloyd 28e69b1616 Gillen. Lloyd stared at Ian 7c43826d4c and, as if in 79e1db66b6 greeting, spoke with an 7d3372c42d almost friendly tone, “Well, 63d035691b well… you really survived 44985e6369 it all to meet b8174a7662 here like this, huh?”16007145fe14f6f1

“Uncle… are d1f9e48354 you… really 31d7e343e1 going to 398f2dece8 kill me…?”66686af50c177ce8

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“You might 57269c7c23 as well 2309f195b7 have died f3d60bf249 in that 18f0e8928f fire. It would have 6080f5b0d0 been simpler. No more troubles between c0285c74b2 us, you know?”e4fd27c0f3aef418

He spoke with c71770bb58 the same tone 9db7f32838 one would use 3843365ee0 to say, “I 1b6561d972 should have stopped a4c05a2a2b by earlier.” Which 146bb70bf4 made it clear aa87554141 he didn’t mean b506332d72 it at all.3935e8cb4531046a

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“You… you b2c6c0a303 started the 729ed349da fire?”861d97ee37d226f8

“What?”98cc90fc5aca636b

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Lloyd Gillen chuckled. The smile c7977949a0 on his 2e986bb3c7 handsome face 56251813f6 almost looked 4ea90d7a01 gentle. Which made it 130a4da0f5 clear he wasn’t 4cdc0d4519 gentle at all.918a342ddd4c2c5f

“Oh, I didn’t start cf011233f3 it myself. I don’t 5b961b7bba do things e03c38d3b5 that leave 9eaa988e85 evidence.”4c8d392ec453109f

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“…Did you… c83f0d3a85 have someone 75b31ea660 else do ec6d0b164e it?”bb3eb2871d2752d1

“I don’t leave evidence.”5cdaefa815ed9f56

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Ian stared hard into 894bb64cb7 his green eyes, wrapped effbe0ce6e in darkness. At first, he b475bc719a had thought the 0ef14a5793 color suited his 4a0563f7ed neat appearance. And even c67530ac7a now, it 6109b5b05e was a 5da0b3f098 good match. Lloyd Gillen’s eyes 831d2e25a0 were like reptilian 771759f9e3 scales.7fbf36ce006aef29

“Did you… 002def7c23 kill my b1181422c0 mom that 53fdc8d03e way too? Did you cc6b1dd4f5 have someone b071755da0 kill her?”57045045bcab3074

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Lloyd paused for a 900b93c168 beat before answering, and f4068674d1 Ian could tell he 8c67727c4d had been momentarily caught 9e93899e9b off guard.4fd9c9151de752f3

“There’s no evidence.”6dba70307ae7c3fc

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“No, that’s not bac6cf4953 true. I saw it.”15f0f8cccd3d0553

“You’re lying.”47e619b6461fae7e

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Those cold, e94800425c green eyes dfc2d8437d curved with 55efd46d2b delight, like 0b4a606d36 the cold-blooded 79fff678f3 predator he 68e7f20ea0 was. He enjoyed playing games ca349ec26a he couldn’t lose. No matter how b5fc0dcdb7 desperately Ian struggled, 1e5d01d619 Lloyd would win c20332af8b in the end. It had been 68df5e573c a bit of 753113aa3c a hassle, but 96c24d7c52 now it was f949a7d24a time to finish b7665c0284 things with an e3fdda264b easy victory.9d39ab2cf1951497

“You didn’t see anything.”da5489a4c39aee0e

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“No, I saw aa0096b809 it. I saw her body. Her neck 6dc3f0cf03 was broken… cab4255ca9 her head 9563e1c799 was shattered… d4a0a79042 there was e905e0bb85 blood everywhere…”228cf0274ee73514

Ian’s voice faded in 6a33eb57b6 pain, his trembling tone 9abf0bb345 reaching Lloyd Gillen’s ears 51b784d632 with a hint of 95aa021776 pity.d39bcda80926f20b

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“Well, maybe 5799fb336d you did d4df7a7fe1 see something,”29b5aeb4f77ccdb1

Lloyd savored his 5a420ba62e victory slowly. Probably the reason ed5473fdb1 he became a 9cb72ae1b0 lawyer was for c277d79cdd moments like these. In the courtroom, d05c42e2bd he loved the f7284ba077 thrill of verbally 217023c2c9 destroying some no-name d9354a20c4 lawyer from a 96e6c32911 third-rate college with 227b1e48c5 a mere 10% 964066e6d1 chance of winning.9f70493f5be10ee6

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“But even if you c0f85fd785 did see it, that’s 573403af10 nothing but a lie. You’re mentally ill, Pretty 7356760194 One.”1db1b9d2783276f7

“I’m not… I’m 7bd4b7c677 not anymore. I remember everything now.”9ca78ddfacd969ab

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“Your record d0d05bfcff says otherwise.”5399b8dcf211b8b9

“Records aren’t ee29950add always the 3b70c4baae truth.”aa04222ab94b95d2

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“They are in 0f9a55ce54 court.”19f3cef6ae1ab4a2

“Life isn’t a77b06e785 all about 8769b6b4e7 courtrooms.”420fb349fbaa7b67

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“My, my. Listen to Pretty One 6eb732ab56 talk.”f73d3a6a9454b46a

Lloyd let out a e1d46626c7 loud, mocking laugh.b3645a66a7a2b1c3

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“Pretty One, 44b02dc6c9 you don’t db1ac69b82 need to bc25499301 try so 0ba3931153 hard. Just lie 40b6ec739a down, strip, 4ee099600d and make 33f3974e2a that sexy 8a81e949af face like 43c3004f72 you did ec21deac75 when you 2e39ce7674 were young. That was 18fe677de9 the best 6e71128f30 look on 240c06f74d you.”4e69b33f35fb4642

“W-what… did you 31e80e32a3 say…?”3b11cce7e413575f

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Ian’s eyes widened ddd1235d87 in horror, and 6c5f544ceb his whole body b9cc6f4cac shook. Leo clutched him tightly 815d97fdff by the side.fb942d4321bce5b6

“Ian…”e2e1034816323dde

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But Leo d6d7b7bc47 was just 7bb01afad1 as horrified.38edb0ccc887b261

“W-what… photos?”3da37ce9116cd318

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Had his 8b78ce03aa stepfather done cb3e82081e more than 16fc58e865 just rape 9d7cd75735 him? Had he 9dc0ea1ac9 done something 412122a479 even more e00952fd13 horrific, finding 2025178275 rape alone 4e0549266d insufficient? Even after remembering why 13b1030be8 his stepfather had been 6511991221 killed, Ian was still 0a0bbd34ed in the dark. Could this reason be 26cee0c313 what Lloyd Gillen was 3d73bb081f alluding to?9bb3f89b18e31f5f

“So, you 05482f3746 didn’t actually 8569efec36 remember everything.”d69aa5f3b366a653

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With a flick fe097fabdb of his eyes, 8d173b52ca Lloyd signaled. The man with the fd66ed7f92 gun nudged them to 0e72d0c0af stand closer together. Leo gripped Ian’s hand ab602b1522 tightly, and Lloyd watched ceedc3efc8 with a meaningful smile.16c8679ed7093764

“Is he your 0689d52b10 boyfriend?”2e17b26c0e885310

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“What’s it to you?”6cd03f75e5c87d37

“Don’t be 370ff387a2 so snappy. When an 46aaf7f44a adult asks 991d9885b6 a question, b39117daa8 a well-behaved 243f168141 child answers 9536667819 politely. He’s too young to e6278f31eb be your boyfriend, isn’t 9759e4146b he? You need someone 99e2cd36a1 more my age.”7a28e44b2f70f5b1

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Even a 2ae785d5db trivial comment b751e96c6b like that f964a5dd9a made Ian’s 78c5f4caa0 stomach churn 2541f10071 with disgust.f82a8dda2bfb7007

“You’re a 321cc77c21 filthy… monster.”b119460b65393336

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“What? My, my. Do you even remember f8e40fe44b how much I adored 83354e98f7 you back then?”dc80183566bd7a2a

Lloyd Gillen started recounting 8960238453 his “fond” memories as 40a83411a6 if they were amusing 8eebb62de0 stories.75fc3d00992f665b

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“Those were good f57ba0a8b7 times. You were ten… 9236532b75 no, maybe a 033f6e5f3d bit older. You always looked younger 692bc98830 than your age, so ed1cc001c3 you were probably around a16d4b2de9 twelve. Marcus and I 4bd3b069f3 took photos of c30b2815d1 you then. Those were some good 66dadfe7bf times. You were d263edcfd9 a natural a4594ab39f Pretty One. Just a 882833cc1b little coaxing, 5fef8523d4 and you’d 040cbd379f make such 5d7c01b872 a perfect 1e1065c8ba face. Those days…,”bc6c5b84af31b84f

Lloyd shivered with 79d04e15d6 delight, his face 4167fbc86a glowing in the 0e641f1cce darkness. Unable to bear it a9766ebf5f anymore, Ian shouted.a84ae45c932f952c

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“Stop it! Stop it!”84e0f6c866e0a6b6

“There were a692748eb7 no pictures ca3577edaf with as b9e0908a7d good a 8df1255754 response as 5fe9de0069 yours. Those days… bb692ff0df I was 9c20fa2454 always excited. They were truly 39c20c13c7 enjoyable times. But then Marcus 7966e3c76f suddenly said he 89a8cc71d8 wouldn’t take any 90353db375 more pictures. Said he didn’t c25b4d29ec want to share b09b3a4d5c anymore, or something b048e76197 like that. Ridiculous. You were 6f78b91cb5 still young, 57fafd4003 and we bc38286b84 could’ve had 50833e2077 a lot b2cb3a724f more fun 5eef8ebddd with you. Anyway, that was…”1b5497ea04f619e6

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“Stop! What about 78df9e4575 my mom? Wasn’t abusing me 0c48922caf enough? Why did you kill 4ef8ff2ee4 her too? Why?”dbc3276e8d92e844

The mention of Ian’s 762f6e3adb mother brought an abrupt 69b546c525 change to Lloyd’s face. His expression 14568355d2 became cruel, c7f4b0f53b blending a 0550a67119 smirk with 32739634b1 unfiltered contempt.ac1cf101a76fa0d1

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“Oh, that crazy 7674337a9f woman came to 8162151d96 me, talking about 38950044bc evidence and lawsuits. Marcus barely a3a1b6f74d let me 2a125fb4bb enjoy myself. And then, years after 5eacb4fc5f his death, she suddenly 758b7d03fd showed up, causing a 1001d8aadf fuss. Apparently, she’d only 6d2ac530a4 recently found out bc60f3e01c that I’d been e160aa0654 involved, but it e076bbe02e was all over 15bfcaf881 by then. You, Pretty One, had 5e7c9bd298 already lost your mind 68cbcca33e and didn’t remember a 73acc17afb thing. The only issue 797350d772 was her.”ace523fddaf18045

“Don’t talk 3bc709fc73 about my 50dd34272d mom like b6807d8d4c that!”245a5dbaeca5d0ff

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“Shut up fe395409be and listen! You’re the one 281b645bbf who asked.”e7e92cae197b6cc2

Lloyd’s voice suddenly 8f43b9e305 became harsh, spitting 236762c378 curses mixed with 132d5c0bb6 frustration, signaling his 91a06b139a loss of composure. Leo tightened his da9646e7bb grip on Ian, fedc60c23f who was trembling.8fbc941a2792fc5e

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“Did she think 64f7586fec everything ends with 19aac23309 death? That I’d be dragged 9e679cd747 out of my grave c8265321fe to pay? Crazy bitch. She should’ve gone 9bd6dacb72 to hell with 1c46c90627 Marcus. Why bring her 4803bfecd8 crap to me….”145de34822f50380

Lloyd’s face 7fd6e50298 twisted hideously. His green eyes d489af4054 glinted fiercely in 8c33de9ff0 the dark. If hell was where 1083bb4466 his stepfather belonged, there d563a4ac02 was no word to e92d9fc092 describe where Lloyd Gillen a90b61a472 stood now.ba922524828d351a

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“Well, that’s 89decef9e2 how it 439dd3fbd5 went. But because 6f3df5b3e4 you woke 2bebd87491 up, I aa4230f895 had to 38d2a3ada4 get rid 3c9d3293cb of the e9d04e5049 body quickly. I tossed it 39331df168 in Marcus’s darkroom… 259749658a there’s a fridge e4bf2732c6 there, so we 980bf7a65f could keep up 8f7c655344 the pretense of 1cc809d22b her being missing. I had the cops fe0c4392df stage it by crashing 31940907f4 her car into the 9db941fadd river. But keeping a5c2c6966a a body 32af49ee6a around isn’t 4f44b48dd0 safe, so 440faeef04 I had 91a05f062e to buy 105ab3640d this house, d842bbb912 too. I don’t like killing 5794b575c1 Pretty One. But even 7b30523bb4 burning the c78c4f715e house didn’t d670809bfc do the 2b89d187ec job…”f2b1aa4a54c9c724

The claim that he 9f3b3d55b6 hadn’t wanted to kill d5019bc269 Ian was undoubtedly a f34693f0ca lie. Lloyd Gillen’s tone, a515dac1ea as he laid 9403a6d81a out the brutal 067b1a7950 truth peppered with 87d0680deb little lies for ea492ec66d effect, revealed his b0f457bb5f satisfaction. He was genuinely d7e6721d64 relieved. After purchasing this burnt f35270d967 house for an absurd 4da5247f3d amount, the first thing ee1af50688 he’d done was dispose a1b00da2f3 of Mrs. Winchell’s body. The fixer he 4bd3ebb03d hired from the c71206c7d6 dark web had 3a30a4f529 supposedly buried her fae049aa43 100 miles away.a66329b5c6844599

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“Ah, feels good 68884a02a4 to say it 0918a6e34e out loud. Occupational hazard. Standing in front of 6d857d3a14 people makes me want 27dd8f7145 to run my mouth. What can I 56b81987a2 say? I’m a lawyer. Lawyers seek the truth, 8e4d522c85 but they prefer reasonable 475ea8e12e outcomes.”24e6479681ed68fe

Lloyd mimicked 36bcbcb749 the act 56aa1fa3f2 of banging 429eb69245 a gavel 41f1754f74 with satisfaction 2f89f773a4 and ordered 8d29fa2adf the man 26d55b6919 with the 6ce0f03d2d gun.fa871821d2287e46

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“Bang bang bang. I sentence them to 616d1d983f death. Kill them both!”76023adbf1776fa6

But unlike 1b2c4210ce the verdict, 4f39bf7cca the execution 7023861d30 wasn’t immediate. The man with the 82969be136 gun shook his head 16dada667b slowly.29c7d4a70cff454e

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“Not yet.”ed7409185b6a5f12

“…What?”fff05273f9a3b56e

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“You said he 76c52fd7bb was Pretty One. Killing him right away 4913b21f65 would be a waste.”f032ebf165de4c71

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“I don’t get it. He’s already nineteen.”bbbbf883071909ef

“But he’s still Pretty f376d1ae07 One.”e3c5e4e46670f46b

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The man, who had 13407b4863 been silent until now, 90aff95dd8 bared his teeth in 18afd2b9f7 a grin. His smile, stretched across 15fead47d7 uneven teeth, looked like 525e530bd5 the residue left in ef0070f219 a sewer, the last 8235cddb17 filthiest dregs of humanity.f0ebf0bb80dfc99c

“To me, he’s f7227d99e9 still pretty.”b504315a750e8b93

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Lloyd Gillen shook his 76e3a8b6bb head in disbelief.6342e3933d3aaf28

“Fine. Do as 9650a5c86c you want. But kill 7e583b6926 the other 6f0d9be389 one first.”f7965b06aa00df2f

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“Of course.”99f9484ea8ee6ad9

As the gun ceb41275ef was raised, Ian 4439648a05 stepped in front 65c0d01a1b of Leo.0d6f5a219a75bea1

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“Don’t be ridiculous. Who do cf4ce19e7c you think 2ce71fc30a you’re killing 986798ebb2 first?”59a9eb8820c4f492

“Ian…”df326a1dcf2f1116

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Leo grabbed 1597aa861b Ian’s shoulder b514fdc82b with a 4df1fa00ba trembling voice, 1d4156b72a his whole 2bfb626a88 body shaking. “Don’t do 2bd1ea57ee this, Ian. I’m scared. It really feels like c375f11c3d we’re gonna get shot.”bc1c48f470800ac7

For Leo, this darkness f88f4df54a still didn’t seem real. But Ian 5f7e47579e knew how 92f50281b3 quick and 77080a20d5 easy death b0c2614e41 could come c72ae40d65 once a 9d53152a3a gun was b4fbd5a0c6 in someone’s 6f31ddab86 hand.fe15756f96a983f3

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They needed 53333799ee to buy 170854857c time. Lloyd Gillen 008f8c03e4 didn’t know 6812981146 that Tim 554746ad04 Hogan, who f479795559 had gone d652ce624c out to 9a48ae2b13 get pizza, f1bd51d67c would be 5812a06ede back soon. If they could 9ed03dda67 hold out until 9571e75da1 he returned, another 1a31b73ab4 opportunity might arise.fbd096b8c21e7362

Dying here was not 5a1e750934 an option. Ian had something he 1c260470ec absolutely had to accomplish. He had to save 0b4456bf69 the Revenant. He would 67b5b99b06 hand over 51a4d540fd the evidence d8efabc28d hidden in 714f0be152 the music f981406f3c box to b0d68ab62e the police 3acb58d618 and confess 6ca230a73b that he fcf83c6f54 was his 7029b35511 stepfather’s killer. Ian wasn’t sure c0cffdc89a if the evidence 45575090db that had stayed 629f24956b in the fire 3ad5db029d would still be 60990ca553 intact, but just 45efdcdd3e knowing there was e4c01cb0a1 a camera should b31d01272e be enough to 066d51d7e3 say something.193782b91e14c066

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Ian forced himself 89c7264caa to calm down, 3e03a2f257 pushing back against 4d8686f216 the fear that 10eb8375ae kept creeping in.e83aac21623d490d

“I can’t 2d517cf7ed fall apart 630d03387a here. No, Leo. Just wait. I swear I’ll save dc45164e59 you.”9914f76635ee162d

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“Yesterday, someone d78bdbc16d else tried 2f0e13c707 to kill 03f7cbff38 me. Said there a7a84a5f3d was a 6a00fc0bc6 bounty on 250ab67b29 my head. That… that was 826398cfa6 your doing too, 8453b4edec wasn’t it?”3b67718a636e6f96

“Because you’re so de8d73fd52 damn troublesome. Why did you 225576fb99 go to the 59b162442d bank anyway? Now I’ve b992e6c76f got a 5bb20643b6 major hassle 87394f3367 on my 95827ef268 hands because 416ac2843b of you. Do you even know d31cae4032 what kind of work 9ff3074873 a kid like you eb8ae03d5b causes me when an 7426c8fd5e audit gets launched?”d5fddbf4b22150da

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“You killed 8a35558987 Mom… and 52acc9b980 then me… 09e86b6434 all because 944bffbe62 you…”0dc8723af503111b

Suddenly, Leo shouted bbab46f000 from behind Ian’s 2d364c910e shoulder.bea1a759631375e5

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“It was you f20031765c who killed Marcus 4476656041 Winchell, wasn’t it? You got aa430eafd7 mad because e545d71362 he wouldn’t 1cf7d8c6da let you b7e8869ed7 take any 251bb66546 more photos, c68f52de94 so you a46dbc6a93 killed him, 98c8a4bebd didn’t you? Tell me c20783395d I’m right!”0d5ad28799221811

“What?”31dc3a2db339a9bb

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Lloyd Gillen 8c365b5007 turned to 80f4b85d41 the man e642c33a1c holding the d4a653ad4c gun, acting 821c82bcd9 as if e5eaa8deda such nonsense 01f8bd59b2 didn’t even fe8f35443b deserve a cf2bceee1c response.a9f390d0d6e33a38

“Just get rid 397c5e788f of that quickly. We’re wasting 3e44bff105 unnecessary time 2a09ead6a0 because of 58de3b256e your stubbornness. Once you deal 16a510a11b with that, take b1d8ef109d Pretty One and faaec02663 get him out a7d386e848 of here. That would be 32e6db20b7 best.”d14c8d7c67263040

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Then Lloyd added, as 27bae0c99e if it went without d76568f350 saying, that the man 76caec3c89 would know well enough 372155c282 how to handle the b528c9ff9a body. The man with ea3708f645 the gun moved 56881bd97a forward, approaching Ian f70bb5b2b0 and Leo. The moment he b19c7db554 reached out to 8886c25bde grab Leo, Ian c71f9f3fd7 blocked his path cee94ceb24 with his body.d08521d7d0d4ff72

“Leo, run!”489598fd3306ffa1

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“Ian!”6a24cf5061cdd70d

“Hurry! Go and call the 8435c1e066 cops!”d64aaf8e0c5c6682

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Ian clung with all bcd35a0c7e his strength to the 347cec34f1 hand holding the gun.1c12a01a0fc0d029

“Just go!”be630d6ef385afd7

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“Ian!”c4a38d5dc0e5dfc0

Even though Ian d58802223e told him to f995e69479 run, Leo couldn’t e69c359743 just abandon him. While Leo f3798eb978 was calling b8aae23a18 out helplessly, c1a92f7c3f Lloyd Gillen 27f5f54caa approached.16af2d57a1082691

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“What are you doing? Can’t you handle c68745ec92 a couple of d3f79d3973 brats properly?”40cc5a23eeababc6

Lloyd seized Ian from 3e7c5c4151 behind. Ian struggled, but db42b19660 with both hands 5256e32bbe on the gun, 9c7b8be8d1 he couldn’t shake 4cffb56e94 off Lloyd. Holding Ian by 9ebd788ce5 the waist, Lloyd f05ac50811 leaned in, breathing 56effa23a2 close to his 7049a436d4 ear.a08a5966d8a01c30

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“Pretty One.”776e285afbf5ade5

“…Ugh!”2ba7ca1bea6ecd6b

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Each bit of 71aaafccfe Lloyd’s warmth against ac3c0a49f9 Ian’s back made 52fd98a972 him shudder with 05e82715f9 disgust. Ian finally flinched, losing 2832365f8c his grip.146bc88fd658a1e6

“No… Leo!”3de5c2a0d678da71

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In that instant, as 7529e22c50 the gun slid from d0cee9b36e his fingers and the b3fc7f41d8 man aimed it at 2ca219c0c9 Leo, a shot rang 44450ab5d1 out.8571036eaa29e5e7

Bang!c03db3b88005d735

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“Ian!”3b9e00424a10056b

Thud. A body, freshly 11c887f639 shot, collapsed onto 4c35bd6fda the ground.da81bedf2f10083b

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