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He knows, and he gets it.

He lives the same kind of nightmare, he drowns in the same water, he gets caught in the same trap.

This is our world, and we don’t get to decide the path our lives take.

We just have to come out of it breathing.

That’s our only goal.

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Aplan.

Seems simple.

Come up with something that works and carry it out.

When it comes to this plan, though, I am struggling to come up with a good outcome.

My options are limited.

I can go in and find out information from the club, risking my life if they find out.

I cannotgo in and find out information from the club, risking my life if Marek finds out.

Not a great ending, either way.

Which means I need to be smart, smarter than I’ve been before.

Mex won’t stop looking for me, of that I’m certain. He wants information, and he’s going to do just about anything to get it. If I were to pick between the two men, I’ll pick Mex for keeping me the safest, so I know that’s my only option. I have to let him find me, I have to let him think he’s winning, and then I have to find out what he’s after Marek for, or better yet, why he is also looking for my mother.

I can deal with Mex, but I don’t know if the rest of the club will be so inviting.

They know I had someone destroy their chances of getting closer to Marek. You don’t just walk in and take a man like him down, you have to dig in deep, slowly, inch by inch, until you reach the top. I knew throwing a spanner in the works made things difficult for them, but mostly, it just made them angry. They want revenge because I pissed them off.

Like, a lot.

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