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.”





understand his warning but


say, I spoke up again. “Since you’re here, shall we grab a bite


head. “No, I have other things to do. I’ll be




was ready to leave, I called out to stop him.


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





me. I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d underestimated the complexity of our


are you doing in


know what happened to Mr. Langston. As for my job in A


frowned. “But


gotta do to survive. A City isn’t a good place to make a living for us


to that. I couldn’t deny the truth in his words. We are but slaves to the money that


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


at my question. A moment later, he said, “You should go home. It’s not


ask but he’d


then Armond is really engaged in shady dealings. I couldn’t imagine the number


in a dilemma. If I pursued this to the end, I was worried 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


sort out these dilemmas alone. I called Ashton when I was in the car. The phone rang for a while before he answered. I could hear his clear voice through


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