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 nodded.


up again. “Since you’re here,


have other




to leave, I called out to stop him. “Danny,


past. If you have any questions for me, you should ask them now. I’ll tell you everything





confused me. His brows were furrowed in impatience as he watched me. I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d underestimated the


pause, I asked, “What are you doing in A


happened to Mr. Langston. As for my job


frowned. “But it’s


continued matter-of-factly, “I know, but I gotta do what I gotta do to survive. A City isn’t a good place to make a living for us foreigners. At the


deny the truth in his words. We are but slaves to the


then, that as long as there’s money, you can carry


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


had more questions to ask but he’d


truth, then Armond is really engaged in shady dealings. I couldn’t imagine


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


could bring himself 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


the car. The phone rang for a while before he answered. I could hear his clear voice through the


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