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last thirty da
ted my kidney to save Falco, th
lied and said I betrayed him for mo
ob boss of this city, and
inal illness is j
ou makes me sic
tly bought my own grave, and
ded my surgical records to the mafia
pte
st another thirty days. The
in my pock
screen. For four years, it had been etc
lc
e made the whol
is last piece of bread into my hands when he was starving. He had crushed th
Godfathe
hroat feeling like it had
er train tracks. "Any regrets? Selling me to a ri
y throat tightening.
silence on the other en
was something sharpe
one buzzed. Bank notificat
: One dollar a year. Fou
a heavy weight pressing
popped up: Ac
had locked
a paper mask to cover half my face. I needed to
I walked toward th
fr
g there. It wasn'
suit, his imposing fig
daughter of the mafia's underboss
hed floor, trying to make myself smalle
e, grabbing my upper arm. His fin
d my shoulder joint l
oked dow
deep and raspy. "Stalking me?
wallowing the metallic taste of blood in my th
," I said, "and it's on
wly to reveal deep disgust. "Parasite
rand. I'll sign a blood oath, and once th
. Now, I just needed to keep pl
But Gia beat him to it, wrapping her arm
she said. "Back t
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