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that. ”

Marco’s eyes blaze with fierce anger. “I just don’t

understand why some people are that fucking sick,” he spits

out, his voice shaking with emotion. “How can you treat a

woman like that? I was just so fucking pissed!”

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I can feel the anger in the room rising as Marco continues

to vent his rage. I knew how strongly my brother felt about

this. After all, he had seen firsthand what these traffickers

were capable of.

“All that money we loaned them for them to start a

business and that’s the kind of business they were running,”

Marco exclaims bitterly. “There has to be someone else

behind this! I know we didn’t get them all!”

I nod silently, understanding exactly what Marco was

getting at. We can’t let something like this go unpunished,

not when innocent lives were at stake. I know Ian is the

main guy. I’m going to take his ass down.

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“The way she was bruised and how swollen she was. It

was uncalled for,” I say through gritted teeth, my hands

clenching into fists at my sides. “Her body laid there

lifeless on the concrete. They just left her there.”

I can’t shake off the guilt that consumed me. “If I would

have known she was still alive then I wouldn’t have left her

laying there. It’s all my fault,” I say to myself, lost in

thought.

* * *

“Hey Marco, do you think you can figure out who she

was? Pops only said that he saw on the news that they

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