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e money! I wasn't runnin

ve an essay I've been putting aside. The professor was a pain, but he had a backbone unli

relaxing leather seating the begging fool before me had been enjoying before I barged in. The girls who were

en paired with me-walked in together, he gargled out, "Where are th

e. "That's funny, because the last time we met, you all but told me that the only thing you had o

e of humor in my eyes. The burn of my gaze began to trickle

alled out, his f

ggled as the whiskey violently rushed down his throat with burning intensity. He coughed and wheezed, some

s eyes red. Now he was on his knees, his eyes occasionally going to Luca g

dy drenched in alcohol and saliva. What added to my r

now how we do things around her

over his face. "But... but this is my second strike, right? I st

his shirt, and most of his upper body was covered with those small burns. He winced, but had enough sense to keep his s

running on only three. I didn't really care what my Capo would ask; some days I f

s to find you and at the very least I should thank you for that by leaving a parting gift that will make you think of me-and how

lling out of his mouth, but such things had merely become backgr

amilia; in essence, it meant nothing and everything. Look at me

ards fly and catching the color-infused

did not was far worse. Then, casually, I printed the next date-the

as he was beginning to shake. Then, as a last thoughtful gesture, I poured some alcohol on his fresh wounds just to disin

wounds as well-not like they were actually deep eno

next to me in the passenger seat. As he closed the door,

worse. I remembered the first time I showed him how easily I

he familia. He hadn't appreciated it then because he was too busy throwing up. Now

territory at one of his f

had given almost a thousand times. "The girls they have here ar

ponded, putting the engine ba

for the next bullet that would be aimed my way. If I had

because I lost myself for a moment. Then, by the time I was fully awake, there was