Faced with my slew of questions, he replied, “I’ve been well. But how do you know Brandon?”


“Do you know him too?” I asked, surprised.











He nodded. “Yeah, Dante works with him. I’ve met him a couple of times. They operate in the black market, so why are you meeting him? Are you sick?”


I shook my head urgently. “No, I’m not sick. But my daughter is.”


Shocked, he said, “I see. It’s better to steer clear of them if you can, though. If you get involved in the black market, it’s hard to get them off your record.”





quite understand his warning but nodded. “Ok, I


didn’t have more to say, I spoke up again. “Since you’re here, shall


have other things to do. I’ll




out to stop him. “Danny, how


helped me in the past. If you have any questions for me, you should ask them





confused me. His brows were furrowed in impatience as he watched me. I


doing in A City?


his lips before replying, “I know what happened to Mr. Langston. As for


“But it’s


City isn’t a good place to make a living for


in his words. We are but slaves to the money that governs our lives in this


as long as there’s money, you can carry out a perfect crime?”


at my question. A moment later, he said, “You should


questions to ask but


dealings. I couldn’t imagine the number of innocent lives they had harmed


I wouldn’t be able to accept the consequence. After all, I was a willing participant in an illegal deal, and losses and gains always came hand-in-hand. My decision to seek out Amy in the countryside was entirely due to my wish to


to harm a perfectly healthy child to keep his daughter alive. It’s hard to pin the blame on anyone, but someone was undeniably killed in the


couldn’t sort out these dilemmas alone. I called Ashton when I was in the car. The phone rang for a while before he answered.


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