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My voice was dead serious, but I heard Ryan let out a small chuckle behind me. “You’re really gonna pay his debt?” the leader asked, his voice laced with disbelief.

“He’s my employee. I’m not going to stand here and watch you thugs haul him off,” I said flatly. “Get me the official loan agreement, and I’ll wire you the money.”

“We don’t have it on us,” the man said, giving a curt signal to his men. “Same time tomorrow. Right here.” And with

that, they turned and left.

I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding and turned to look at Ryan. He didn’t look scared at all and just kept

staring at me with this weird expression.

“You okay?” I asked. “That didn’t freak you out?”

Ryan shook his head. “You were brave,” he said quietly.

I let out a short, humorless laugh. “Don’t be so sure. I’m sweating through my shirt right now.”

Ryan’s eyes got all intense. “No,” he insisted. “You’re the first person besides my mom or my grandma who’s ever stepped up to protect me.”

child?” I blurted out,

He just nodded. “Yeah.”

into that much debt at his age

to me. When he saw my confused face, he caught himself and stopped abruptly. “My grandpa’s actually… He’s a

who let his grandson get hunted

in my book.

back to the office,” I told him. “Don’t go wandering around by yourself. Those guys

and

the time I got

I got the IOU back and to record the whole meeting tomorrow, just in case I get scammed. If these were loan sharks, I

was probably doing an airport pickup this afternoon. A wild,

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bolted. Halfway to my car, I realized it was a stupid plan to go alone. I needed help. So, I

Murphy, should I bring any paperwork?”

explain in the car. Just hurry,” I said, my

was waiting on a side street. The second he buckled in, he asked, “Where

gripping the steering wheel so hard my knuckles ached. “Ryan, I’m paying off your