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found a woman in the old warehouse?”

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Marco looks up at me, surprised by the request “Why are

you so worried about it?” he asks cautiously.

“Because she needs to be saved and we didn’t do anything

about it,” I reply with a sadness in my voice.

“We didn’t know, Vince!” Marco protests.

“What if it was Sarah?” I continue urgently.

I saw Marco shiver, as he felt a chill run down his spine at

the thought of something happening to Sarah. “I do owe

everything to you, Vince for being there for me and Sarah

through all of that bull shit, even if you didn’t know. You

were there helping me and her through our demons,” Marco

sighs.

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He looks back behind the door then back at me. “Alright,

alright. I’ll have one of the guys look into her!” Marco

promises, easing some of my worries.

“Thank you,man,” I exclaim gratefully before pulling

Marco into a tight hug. My tears soak through my brother’s

shirt as I sobbed uncontrollably into his shoulder

something that never happened in our family since we were

young children playing together without any care in the

world.

The weight of what had happened settles heavily onto my

shoulders as he tries to comfort me.

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I have to know who she is! Knowing it’s my fault that she

could have died. Well not entirely my fault but I should’ve

taken the time to check to see if she was actually dead. She

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