Chapter 45

Garner was flailing like a fish out of water. “Clarence, you son of a gun, come at me!” he shouted in desperation.

Kristin’s bandaged ear was hurt again, and now she might lose hearing in her left ear for good.

Lying on the ground, Kristin tried feebly to crawl towards Summer.

He was scared out of his mind, still wiping away a never–ending stream of nosebleeds.

“Garner, Ruby nearly got killed by Kristin, and she still managed to pull Rhett into this mess. Quite the mover and shaker, huh?” Clarence kicked Kristin hard in the stomach, clearly pissed off that Kristin had found herself a powerful backer.

“Kristin, are you stepping up your game, huh? What tricks did you pull to reel Rhett in?” Clarence grabbed her hair again, forcing her to look up. “Take a good look.”

After that, Clarence signaled his bodyguard to rough up Garner. “Which hand of yours was getting fresh with Ruby, huh? Let Kristin watch how I make you useless.”

Garner struggled as his right hand was pinned to the ground.

He’d learned some handy skills in the military and even specialized in car repair after his discharge. His livelihood depended on those hands.

If they wrecked Garner’s hands, they might as well be taking his life.

“Don’t… Please…” Kristin was on her knees begging Clarence, “Take mine, not my brother’s. please…”

Kristin’s voice was hoarse from screaming, pleading for Garner’s safety. But Clarence just stood there cold as ice, forcing her to watch with eyes wide open.

A bodyguard picked up a hammer and smashed it down on Garner’s hand, again and again, until it was a bloody, unrecognizable mess…

there stiffly, her body slowly

crying, throwing

those monsters were still swinging the

was just a kid…How could they be so heartless?

punching the bodyguard in the face with his bloodied fists, as if he

all their doing, pushing him to

there, surrounded

eyes locked onto Clarence’s, she asserted,

10:06

I owed to the Turner family… and yet,

didn’t scare her, what

now she’s got one kidney less from a suicide attempt after a car crash, and you’ve pushed her to the brink of death again. Do you think the Turner family and the

truth, Ruby was in a coma from stress, and Mamie and Johnnie had lost their minds, hell–bent

himself to at least ensure Kristin

Kristin aside and left with his crew.

who was still shaking from shock.

this couldn’t go on. If it did… Summer could

sat on the ground in silence for a long

back was a mistake. Kristin should’ve stayed away from Summer, to let him have a peaceful childhood.

a kidney would cover her debt, but now

much, more than anyone should ever bear. She’d more

was raspy, leaning against

properly treated yet. and Kristin needed money, a lot of it.

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