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rests his hand on his gun holster.

“Now, now fellas! Let’s not get off on the wrong foot!” Ian

says quickly trying to defuse the tension.

“Ian, I don’t like being made out to be a fool! You want to

keep that one, then fine! But I expect to have a total of

10.”the bald man says, his eyes narrowing.

Ian’s smile disappears as he watches the bald man’s hand

flexed on the butt of his gun, as he walks towards me with a

smirk on his face. He knows that this situation can quickly

spiral out of control

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Suddenly, a sharp pain shoots through my scalp as the bald

man grabs me by my hair. Screaming, I try kicking him

anywhere that will get me out of his grip, but his hold is so

tight that I can’t get free without losing my scalp too. The

other men laugh at me as I struggle. I can’t believe they are

laughing at me, I think to myself. They all deserve to die.

“This one's a fighter, so I thought I would save you the

trouble,” Ian says with a smirk.

“Well, some of my clients like fighters,” the bald man

replies , coolly before letting go of my hair.

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“No!” I scream before I am silenced by Ian slapping me

across the face. I’m just lucky it wasn’t his fist.

The bald man turns to leave with his entourage, warning

Ian that they have two weeks to get another girl or he will

come back for his money - or take me as payment instead.

As soon as they were out of sight, Joseph comes barreling

into the room.

“It’s Marco!” he yells to Ian urgently.

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