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ed down at the dim screen of my phone in the dark alleywa

was an even worse idea to be out in an unfami

ay from New Jersey where I was holed up for the past 5 years and rushed back to Italy to see if the rumors

arrived in. Was this just a ruse? My heart had begun to pound...holy sh

was so desperate that I had flown the long hours to Italy b

rain began to shower down, my fingers wrapped around the comforting pepper spray in

n just seemed to blur my vision even further. I wasn't going to wait around for anything again, I was going straight to the hotel

acks, my gaze falling on the three bulky men standing a few feet apart, they were n

They f

and even though I couldn't see them properly, I knew that they

h the water that swooshed about as I dragged my feet backwards, fe

they got to me, their ugly faces lin

years" One of them said, his voice above the thunder, ha

ars mixed with the rain that washed down my face. I hated myself for this, I had years to plan on how to r

e've waited for so long. A debt of 2 million dollars won't just wipe aw

fect cover for a gunshot but a part of me knew that they would gain nothing by killing me. Their boss wanted his m

of dollars and since he was missing and presumed dead, I was the next target, that was why I was looking for him, he n

and roughly grabbing my chin between his gloved hands while

I was just 23 years old. I hadn't even done everything on m

ears were ringing but I didn't feel any pain. Was this how it felt like

out in the dark dropping the two other men by my side. That was it for

h I couldn't see the person's face, my eyes darting to the pisto

ly familiar but I couldn

old metal of his gun, seemingly unbothered by the rain drenching h

her to turn to him. He could kill me.

ed but I didn't flinch but I cou

bled again and this time I tore my gaze away from the wall to loo

middle name since I was 16 and only people who

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