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Voyage, Meet village village. I
heard one of the killer screams of Tony's

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knife embedded in his shoulder. The
knife killer was still with it enough to

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raise his gun and pointed at Tony. I had a mind, no water

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pistol in my hand. Three quick
shots. The whistling projectiles ripped into the

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hitman's skull. Dead man's trigger.
He got off one final shot before he

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tilted to his left and, in
slow motion, toppled to the floor and

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lay motionless. That shot missed Tony
but hit me. I staggered. Tony

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collapsed on his face and breathed.
After a long moment, Tony rose and

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hit the light switch. He could
see I had been shot, and his

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face was torn between his hatred for
me and his worried for me. It

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hurts to breathe. He approached and
examined me. We've got to get you

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to a hospital now. Sorry,
we'll talk about that. After he walked

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away from me, I'm calling this
in. He stepped into my living room

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and dialed nine one one. He
came back and sat with me while we

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waited for the ambulance to come.
Say something. This isn't the time.

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It might be the only time we
get you really want to do this now?

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Yes, you're crazy. You didn't
just play me for a chump.

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You put my life at risk.
You were only one you'd find her.

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I loved you like they never loved
anybody in my life, and you knew

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it. And you traded done that. You called me, and you damn

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near got me killed. You planned
the heist. You don't need the money.

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Why I didn't know the answer.
I was just wired that way.

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Regular life, the same coffee shop
every morning, the same drive home every

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night. That was torture to me. I needed the action. Since I

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was a teenager. Some people jump
off planes. I did crazy shit like

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this. I had no defense.
I had no defense when I ran with

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Stevie back in the day, I
had no defense. Now it was indefensible.

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It didn't even make sense to me. How could it make sense to

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Tony? Make it up every day
and rested my life. Go to the

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fence if you want, I think
I can ever trust you again. Lisa

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was an emergency surgery for six hours
at the hospital. The gunman's bullet had

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punctured a lung, but mister Hard
she bled internally and received massive blood transfusions,

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her lungs choked with blood. In
the waiting room, I spoke for

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hours to the homicide boys. The
cops seemed to buy that the shooting had

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been self defense, and to be
fair, they were the money was still

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hidden in Lisa's safe. I swore
to whichever demons ruled this world, that

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if they'd just let Lisa live,
might do anything. It was just over

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six hours when the oar doors opened
and a petite brunette dressed in blue scrubs

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stepped out. There were blood stains
all over her chest and gloves, and

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she looked exhausted. Her name tag
read Elizabeth Gelman, m D. I

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stopped, I stood, I awaited
sentencing. She told me Lisa was still

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alive, but in a coma,
and that when people talk to people in

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a coma it helped. So I
went to Lisa's hospital room. She was

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unconscious, receiving oxygen through her nose. I talked to her. I told

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her what our life together would be
like, whether we married or not,

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whether we lived together or separate,
whether she turned herself in or she didn't.

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I told her. I told her
of the clothes I would buy for

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her, of the meals, I
would prepare for her of the types of

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flowers I would bring her, and
of the books I would dedicate to her.

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I described every single dance club in
New York City, straight from their

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websites, and promised her we would
patronize each whenever she desired. I spoke

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to her through tears and through dry
eyes, with a catch in my voice,

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and with none, when I was
fresh, and when I was tired,

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whether I was thirsty or I wasn't, I spoke to her, and

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she leapt. Lisa recovered consciousness on
the third day. She looked at me.

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We was silent for a long time. Then I felt her hand lightly

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apply pressure to mine. Hi,
Lisa. I couldn't choke out anything else.

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It was enough. She rested peacefully
on the pillows. I still held

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her hand. The hospital seemed unusually
quiet. We're not through anymore. Her

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voice was throaty, coming from somewhere
deep inside. Did you hear me?

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I've been talking to you for the
past forty eight hours. I believe I

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did. Lisa. You saved my
life. Honey, I'm the one who

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put you in danger in the first
place. You don't look so good,

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tony. Yeah, well you don't
look so hard either, she laughed.

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I know, she turned serious.
I'll turn myself in. It's the worst

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thing I ever did to you and
to the users, all that blow on

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the street. I can't live with
it. To your minimum for trafficking in

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that bulk, she nodded, convicted
felon. They'll strip you your license.

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You know, they'll never practice psychotherapy
again. My lies almost got you killed.

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We enjoyed each other's company until Lisa
needed to sleep. It was the

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middle of the day. Maybe because
I'm sick in the head, I still

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thought about where destiny was. I
needed to talk to her to get this

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all squared in my mind. Where
do you go when you got nowhere to

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go? Family? Destiny was obviously
not with Lisa or adoptive family. Maybe

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she had biological family in the city. Now that I knew exactly who she

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was, I had a way to
look. Turned out she had a brother,

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Robert Chisholm Reggie, and I went
to his address. If she sat

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there, she probably never goes out, pulled up in the basement like a

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rat, never a chirp out of
her. Riverdale was a peaceful, upper

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middle class neighborhood here the private homes
were set back from the street. The

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lawns were bright green and freshly mowed. Kid shot baskets on driveway hoops and

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road bikes in the street quiet,
friendly, prosperous, little or no street

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crime. I wondered if Robert Chisholm
was a swindler too. He had a

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brick house, expansive and solid,
built to last. It had a covered

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front porch shrouded by a tangle of
plants and flowers and heavy ceramic pots,

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and a series of arching trees adorning
a wide expanse of manicured lawn. A

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red luxury car was parked in the
driveway. Mister Robert Chisholm must be paying

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a fortunate maintenance and gardener fees.
I walked up the stairs on to the

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front porch. I rang the front
bell. It took a few seconds,

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then someone opened the door. He
was a tall, slim black man with

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high cheekbones and sharp, intelligent eyes. He was strikingly good looking, not

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unlike his sister in that regard.
I guessed he was friendly. I told

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him the truth. He stopped being
friendly and threatened to call the cops.

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I encouraged him to do so,
since he was harboring a fugitive. When

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I told him we wouldn't involve the
cops, he reluctantly let me in.

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We sat on a polstered chairs at
an expansive wooden table. I heard the

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front door close with a soft click. I leaped at my feet. The

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conniving be it outsmarted me. I
raced out of the kitchen and reached for

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the door. She had guessed I'd
have the rear exitcot it that's where Reggie

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was, and she slithered up the
front. I jerked the door open and

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leaped under the porch. She stopped. She wir facing me, pointing something

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in her right hand. Did she
have a gun? Now? It was

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peppers rolling. I dived to my
right, craning my neck, extending my

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face away from her right hand.
I crawled forward. She fired. The

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inflammatory fumes flared the air to my
left. I dived across the body,

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knocking the canister from my hand in
my chest. I flipped away with my

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left hand. I pinned her shoulders
round with each hand. Her eyes exuded

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fear, like she was pinned by
a terrant actor. Hey, look at

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me, Look at me. I'm
a friend of Lisa flowers. I'm not

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the cartel and I'm not the cops. You're a friend of Lisa. I

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pulled my private opie license and showed
it to her. Can we go back

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inside? Please? Eventually we didn't
Reggie two. We sat down me,

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Glara and at Destiny's brother. Do
you want to see Lisa? I love

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Lisa? But but what Lisa's crazy? She pleaded with me to hijack the

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cartel Manjerie agreed, but me with
a gun going against those killers? You

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didn't want to do it? Not
want to do it? I was terrified.

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No, I didn't want to do
it? Are you crazy? Two

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point four million worth a blow?
Split? Three ways? Would being inducement?

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Lisa promised a clean heist. It
was it, Yeah, would have

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been, except the shipment was late. Cartel guys showed up tracking their package.

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Monjury Panic shot one of them.
But you should have seen Lisa.

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She swaggered at the driver. She
held a big gun, too big for

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her gloved hands, steadily aimed at
the driver's chest. Monjury was behind her.

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I stood shaking in the background.
Lisa shoved the snout into the driver's

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ear. She never said a word, but held a note in both English

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and Spanish, in front of his
eyes, said give us the payload,

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or we'll splatter your brains across the
windshield. Do you think she'd have done

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it? No, I know she
wouldn't. But he didn't know it.

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He was just a driver. You
should have seen how fast he opened the

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car's trunk and pulled out the gym
bags loaded with blow. Then then what

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I drove? My hands shook.
The car was all over the road,

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but Lisa shot out the front tires
of their car. I wouldn't have believed

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that kind of shooting was possible.
She came more alive than anybody I've ever

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seen. She was joyful. She
loved it. You wore masks correct and

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padded coats and elevated shoes and men's
guns too big for my hand. Look,

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you stay in New York. No
matter how long you hide in your

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brother's house. The cartel is gonna
find you and kill you. If I

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found you, they will too,
even if they don't know your real name.

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Lisa has the money whatever jury didn't
have. Yeah, which is going

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back to the cartel or we're all
getting killed. Reggie's gonna spot you some

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walking away cast. I am there. You can afford you my accounting.

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Now, I'll get you back when
fifty grand. You're a terrible friend.

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That hurts me. You're a great
friend. I wish I wasn't fifty grand.

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You go somewhere you've never been,
and you start over places that start

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with an eye, Iowa Idoa,
places people don't look got that, okay.

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I just don't want to be scared
any to stay in touch with your

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sister too. Set up a dummy
email account, use disposable cell phones,

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call from pay phones if you can
find them, but stay in touch.

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We went back to Lisa's. There
was nine hundred thousand and us safe Monsourie's

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death. That goes the rest of
vanish We left it in several black bags

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that Cortez's garage, along with a
note with a burner cell number. He

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can reach me at calm. Where's
the rest of it? In police evidence?

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One of your thieves is dead.
Not my problem. You had zero

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when you woke up this morning.
Nine hundred grand's not nothing, destiny.

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I don't know. I made it
that way on purpose. You need another

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million to leave her alone. She
doesn't have it. There were three of

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them, once dead, once gone, who's the third and where are they?

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Maybe they have the rest. My
part of this was destiny. How

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poetic we're gonna have a problem depends
on the mood of the evening. We

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all got a boss. If there's
a problem next time, you won't get

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the jump. Want me so easy? Well, but maybe I hope not

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to see you again. You too, It wasn't a pleasure doing business with

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you. What can I say?
I'm all charmed. Yeah, don't feel

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so bad about the fifty grand the
essay contest for fifty grand do me a

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favor of humor and me as I
read this to you. Reggie's essay was

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profoundly original to critique a book from
the perspective of a character within the book

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is created in and of itself,
but then to go on and point out

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deficiencies in the author's portrayal of my
character, and of Wolf's character, and

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of Leech's character, the things he
got wrong about us, and to make

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a well supported case in each instance
showing that London got some of our interactions

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wrong, and that the logic of
our characters necessitated differing interactions, and that

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a key part of the author's errors
was in misreading of Nietzsche. Well,

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this is show genius. Whenever Reggie
lays down his boxing gloves, he could

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easily have a bright future in academia. You are about done and missed a

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birthday during that. As it turned
out, Reggie was bigger, stronger,

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tougher, and smarter than me.
And if I was honest, he was

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more handsome as well. Now what
was I going to do? Punch him?

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Weeks later, my life had changed
as expected. I'd been denied tenure

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at Brooklyn University. I didn't complain. I just cleaned out my office one

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night and left everything in my apartment. Lisa came by after she was released

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from the hospital. Tony I heard
from Destiny. Yeah, she sounds good,

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living in some godforsake in rural area, working in a supermarket, getting

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ready to enroll in a local college. Good. I'm doing it. Monsurie's

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gone, Destiny, he's not talking. The DA might never know who sold

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that blot to mold, but I
know we'll have this hanging over our heads

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for years. What if they flip
one of Muldoon's guys, The FEDS will

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put you away for years. Will
you wait for me as long as it

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takes she came into my arms.
My arms went around her. I pressed

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her closer. Maybe I was as
crazy as she was, but I couldn't

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help it. Sell my house,
Tony, I'll give your power of attorney.

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It's a beautiful home in a good
neighborhood. It's paid for. I

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own it free and clear. It'll
go for a lot bank it. All

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I could think of was Lisa in
the joint for God knew how many years.

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Whatever you want, honey. We
sat together quiet for a long time.

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The next morning, we drove a
crosstown and then north. We put

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the car in a lot and walked
to a jewelry store, Tony looking.

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We got in the elevator and rode
to the second floor. I'd never been

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here before. I just stared.
The room was spacious, light airy,

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the wall to wall carpet and was
a soft reddish brown. Comfortable. Display

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cases were distributed around the room,
creating an uncluttered, unhurried, relaxed ambiance.

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It was a study in classic understated
elegance. Lisa and I walked slowly

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among the displays, looking. I
caught the eye of a dark haired young

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woman employee. She wore black bifocals
that matched her hair. She came over

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to us. I told her I
wanted latinum minimum, one carrot diamond.

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The saleswoman led us to a display. Lisa looked at the thirteen thousand dollar

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price tag on the ring. I
covered it. She knew roughly how much

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money I made. I can't wear
this inside. I'll visit you whenever they

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led me. If they led us
together, I'll put the ring on your

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fingers and as I arrived, and
I'll take it off when I go home.

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Go ahead, choose one. She
pointed at one ring in the display.

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The diamond glittered. The saleswoman gave
it to us. I held the

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ring. I got on my knees. There were people in the store.

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They must have been staring at us. I didn't care. Lisa and I

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were alone in a world that I
had dreamed of for years. The cartel,

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the d EA, the criminal justice
system, a looming prison sentence.

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None of that mattered right now.
This was a moment I would have.

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I would not be denied, and
the only pitfall that could stop me would

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be the lady's refusal. Lisa,
there's only one woman in this world that

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I have ever felt this way.
Abound and if you would have dumped me

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to day, I would never date
again. I would just stay married to

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my memories of you. If I
lived to be nine hundred years old,

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I will yes, Tony Yes.
Tears filled her eyes and streaked her cheeks.

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There was an obstruction in my throat
that made it difficult to speak.

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Well. I didn't ask you yet. I took her left hand in my

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left I held the ring in my
right. I slipped the platinum diamond ring

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on the ring finger of her left
hand. Right after that, Lisa and

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I went to the d EA building
on Tenth Avenue with a fancy attorney.

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Lisa knew threw her parents. She
insisted on going inside without me. After

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a lot of back and forth,
she received a two and a half year

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sentence owing to her cooperation with the
d e A. I went to Betsy

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Head Park with Reggie and we saw
a chill again. Spring had arrived late,

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and I felt its cool breath on
my face. It was early June,

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but some people still ran to the
heat. At night, green buds

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was sprouting. The fragrance of fresh
earth opening filled my nostrils, and during

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the day, chirping birds flitted through
the trees fulsome growth, but there was

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no spring in my world. It
was two days later and Lisa had been

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remanded into federal custody. We walked
slowly into the depths of the park.

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In the distance, I heard voices
closed for business. There are different kinds

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of business. He advanced to meet
us, walking alone, coming straight to

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me, his right hand out stretched, smiling broadly. I gripped his hand.

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He wore a black button down dress
shirt, a black cashmere blazer,

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faded blue jeans, and loafers without
socks. Now looking very gangster it at

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night. I'm setting a trend.
Chill reached his hand to Reggie, who

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took it. We have all magnanimously
agreed to remain silent about the body you

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dropped in front of us. Now
you are going to do some things for

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us. Chill still gripped Reggie's hand. His left hand grabbed Reggie's right arm

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and was almost swallowed by the massive
biceps. Chill had previously told Reggie he

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planned to finish school and go into
politics. He wanted to be the mayor

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of New York City one day.
Crazy thing was, we thought he could

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actually pull it off. If you
wanted to to get out a way of

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making you like him. That was
tough to explain anything for Tony. You're

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out o here for good. You
come with me to college, to grad

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school or law school, into politics, and if you relapse, you're goin

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down do hard time for the murderer, Ratitat and all those big plans shot

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the ship. You ghost, I'll
hunt you down. I'll scour the streets

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until I find you, like a
good destiny. This is not a choice.

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I'm your foster dad now, and
you're coming with me. He stared

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at me, a soft smile turning
up the corners of his lips, and

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not a hint of railery from him. Won't be needing to hunt for me.

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There was nothing more to say.
We left the pot, drove the

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Reggie's Apotnam parked in a spot around
the corner, and sat in silence for

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several minutes. Chill thought it was
over for a moment. You a wise

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man, Tony. If not,
I'll do until a wise man gets here.

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Redmeat Village it's a production of Voyage
Media. The series is produced by

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Nat Mandel, Robert Micas and Dan
Bettimore. Directed, produced and adopted by

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Dan Bennimore. Based on Andrew Bernstein's
upcoming novel of the same name. When

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a link to the novels available,
it will be listed in the show notes.

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Starring Katherine Bell as Lisa, Malik
Yoba as Reggie, and Ryan Heppy

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as Tony. Additional cast credits are
available in show notes. Edited sound design

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mixed by Nick Missippi. Original music
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