Page 52 of Scared Love

“Yeah, anything!” He says as he walks closer to

me. I fiddle with my fingers, “What exactly do you

do?”

“Do you want the truth or a lie?” He sighs

“Always the truth.” I can’t stand liars. I’ve been lied to

my whole life.

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“I hunt and kill men.” He says this as if it’s nothing.

“I’m not going to hurt you! Ever! I kill men who don’t pay

us, who rat us out, who take advantage of women and

children.”

“Oh, so does that mean, when you found me in the

warehouse, that you already knew what Joseph and Ian

were doing. ”

“Yes and no. They were supposed to be distributing guns.

Which is fine. Especially when we can’t supply everyone.

And we don’t want to get into any turf wars. But when we

showed up that’s when we realized what they were actually

doing.”

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“Vince, I don’t think you’re a bad guy. Thank you for

all of this!”

“You don’t have to thank me,but I have to leave again. I’ll

be back soon. I promise.”

* * *

I had another meeting with pops. He thinks that Ian

and Joseph are getting closer. I hate that I’m away from

Emma again. I’m glad I bought her that phone.

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