TE'
septic and blood, making my no
. I was half conscious. I could hear the whispers concerning
ossi, ages twenty-nine, died at three-thirty pm. Cause of deat
my ears, " I will esco
of my world. But this? Lying about my death to save my own life? That wa
breaths were slow and controlled. I couldn't move. Not y
's the effect of the aspirin under my tongue. I could feel the bu
ponsible for this. I needed to protect Audrey. A few more minute
***
looked around in distress, a
the CCTV as she had instructed. My body still ache
estless. "Has something happened? Has someone discovered our plans?"
d to create a diversion." She w
h of relief,
said, while looking round
xit, I wondered what I
r death is out there, all yo
ck Audrey. I'm grateful to
her confused. "What do you mean by loophole?" "T
here. My gaze was fixated on Audrey. The woman is bea
mia." She stared at me for a while. "I hope so, Mr Rossi. The last thing
not coming back to bite you. I'm also d
said, shocking me. No one has really cared. I put on my boyis
nuinely do it. I didn't k
I never want to
ghter. "Your wish is my c
***
, meet me at 'Wild'. I need a gun, cha
he line responded. "Make sure it's on the n
y dropped the payphone
aty skin making me fritt my teeth cause it reminded me of my
ch and every one
f my businesses. I pushed open the back door that wasn't visibl
night. - people fucking like dogs at the cracked hallway and drunk a
head was pounding, my stitches hu
a rhythm that only
en, then a pair of shar
, and he dragged me inside. "Yo
n winced as pain t
rpr
breath, then locked the door
r chair, he started with me-pulling out a first-aid kit, a clean
bandage from the box and started working on my injuries. "You g
n pain. I took a sip of the whiskey, letting
uild as you. Enough damage to the face thou
ore someone got suspicious. Tha
second. "She's bein
ha
till in
up my body, but I
xpl
ions about you.... And her. Even before you faked your dea
and I thought it might break in
self killed if you
hes her. Understood? Let's watch, and find o
d. "Your call, man. But we h
d, taking a gu
**
up. An unknown number. I
os
clipped frustrated voice
eing stalked
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