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Fucking Pete and his big mouth.

I push my whiskey away. I need a drink, but now I’ve got a sassy nurse to deal with.

“Look, I thought she’d stolen the car from you. Wanted to warn her, so I told her she might end up dead.”

I pinch the bridge of my nose.

“You told Hallie I’d kill her?”

Of all the things I want to do to her, killing isn’t on the list.

Punishing her? That’s climbed to the top three.

“Yeah… thought it might make her return the McLaren.”

“If anything happens to her, you, Pete, will be the one I kill with my bare hands.”

He mutters under his breath.

“I told her not to race it. She was so sure.”

The corner of my mouth twitches into a grin. Sounds like her.

“You know Hallie well?”

“Yeah. She’s been on the scene a couple of years now. She’s good. Not sure about letting her loose in your McLaren, though.”

That sick feeling crashes down.

A McLaren races nothing like a Shelby.

But I guess that’s why she spent all last night practicing.

“Fuck. I’ll be at the finish line.”

“Great.”

I cut the call and throw on some clothes.

There’s going to be a lot of people there.

I need backup.

Just in case.

Chapter 28

HALLIE

Song, High Enough, RAC Remix, K.Flay. RAC.

Ishift down a gear as I hit the corner I’ve been dreading.

I’m in third place now, close behind the leading two cars.

I’ve gotta overtake a Bugatti and a Corvette.

My car could clear these two easily, if it weren’t for the traffic and these corners.

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