Chapter 6
Inked more nervous and I lidt uncertain if I should push or let her be. But if Aksakov was involved, Hana had no chance of dealing with it on her ow
“After the detectives fall, someone else knocked on the door. There were ten niher men in sus and when I opened the door they tried to force themes inside,” the fly told me. My body ran both or cold and tearing hot ke gold out of fear of what could have happened and wearing het with rage. “Luckily I had the safety chain on and I managed to keep them frem smashing the door in When my neighbour called the wou eating the cups, they left.”
“Did they tell you what they wanted?” I asked, taking deep breathe in try and calm the tentrem inside. She nodded, but didn’t tell me. I framed and tried to figure out why the stopped nee So It had to be something about him, something the thought I would be upset about, I was surprised to find the was trying to protect me. “Sweetness, don’t hold back because you think it wit
“They wanted me to give them their money. When Etold I didn’t know what he was lalong shat he told me Street had told them to fad given their money to me. That was al be maly uid, When they went away, locked the door and tried to collect spell. Then herched on the donc,” she said. I felt like a bastard. I remembered how hard yelled at her, denunded her to open the
Tould have punched spell in the lace. I would have
door, to be in Fack.
“The sorry. I shouldn’t have been so demanding” | sid. She pon me a fait vedle again and I longed to see a gemine one on her bre
“W’s ekan, ef all my visitors tight,
the highlight.” she told me. I trailed back at her. She was and I really needed to stop fanning about getting her naked underth me. Even if the was my age and was at my son’s wide, ex–mode, the was in good in umeme like me. For a moment hated my own son. Ihared that he had found Hana and married her, I hated that he had deverend her and left her alone to handle this men and mest of all I forted the fact that he had sent the men straight bi her.
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The one that tried to force hemel irok, he had a tattoo on his hand. A skill with a lowering vine. The skull was in black and white but the flowers were blood red,” the old m
Tuck Jerry,” Tand
“Not good,” I agreed. It was Alsaber, the tattoo was a known mark for his men that had killed a Tover for each life they had taken. She didn’t need to know that. “Do you know what money he ca talking about?ked. She looked down the hands and nodded. Wisen she looked up again she had tears in het eyes. Fuck, it was breaking my heart. I used my tree hand to brith her raven hair from her fare and cared her cheek. “Tell m
“It’s stoped, I shouldn’t cry. Before Simon and I-gat named, his mother demande private and not be seen arital annet. Khan Sumon started ha baisan.
“Why would he do that?” I asked,
sign a prenap. It simply said that all private property secured before and during the mamage, would stay 1 if we could put it in my name. I apred,” she told me.
“Tas reases mostly. At lead that was what I figured at the time. Now, Fm not to sun. Maybe he wanted a scapegoat.” She sounded tired and I wanted to take all of her troubles from her. It was char Hurt Samenvas the root of all her bisons, and I would make sure she didn’t need to son through there on her can. Then 1 would find my san and I would make sure he knew how you should trist women. Has he should have treated Harm, how lucky he had been that someone like her had even looked at him. “When we dreacred Simon had forgotten about the pretop, as had his mother. Or think they got it went both ways. Because I ended up with his business. Simen don’t like that. I didn’t want it, but I did need money to start my new ft. I had a plan. I happily soid the corgan back to Simon. The trader was completed last week. When we ran into each other earler today I had just found the perfect play to buy to get my plans for my new. He going. Bet no…” her voice trailed off and the lacked out into the empty spice. “But now I guess that money belongs to the mutta and I need to find a way to gh it back to them. Because I guna my li sme important than the perfect property. I just don’t know how to do this. Does the maña have some type of tip line you call? Will they be happy once I give back the many ses that ran down her face. It broke my heart to we her like this. It was like the last fight had been sucked out of
me that she was on the brink of giving up
“Let me help you. I’ll find out how much money Simon owes the mata and if they will agree to leave you alone if you give the money Simon gave you back to them. I’ll arrange the hand over 7 offered at supped pretending I could walk away from this. I would clean up my son’s. Not because of my son, but because Hana didn’t deserve to do it on her own. She looked at me with
“I can’t let you do that. I can’t let more people get involved in this,” she u
what my company does. Please, I irait you let me help you” She chewed on the inside of her chock for a moment. Then the nodded.
Then what I do, what my company to
“I’ve
to not have to do everything on my own,” she told me
you on your own. I promised her. She gave me will and I felt like a fucking berd
“I guess I should start looking for work an Tre not going to open my bakery,” he told me. Her eyes were Bird with determination and sadness, it fucking bruke my heart all over again. She stated purane up the glass shards of the table.
“Why do you had off unsatu you know if we can make asuse kind of deal.” I suggestel, feeling like shit as I knew it would be utillochy Akuakure and his men would be siloshed with
ting less than the total amount. Most akry they would tad toez
“We both know they won’t give me a dissant.” Bau jud na “I don’t have any sather savings and despite me picking the shopstod place to live to give the as much space in my budget by my the bionicis, I still tard le pay rent. II’s okay, I will find amilar way. Labory, do” Shrined to hide the lordrasa in her tone, but it was dear to pee. I knew she was night, but sull, I hated the ades of
use mareplace the you can stap? It’s not sale be you here,” I asked
“Undian audion is over,
“I could go to my friend. But I wont de that. It would put him in danger and this sa my main, foi ho. I can’t polily pulling hire in lama’s way,” she said as she disposed of the glass.
y kowe see you live, they don’t where you love. It would be sale,” I pointed urat.
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i thinking it wouble’t take the long in Waco’s place” she said. These was
“Savas known phan your hand then,” I said, letting her off the hook. She just nodded. “Day, then I’m gaming you are coming home with me.” I made the decision the same time as 1 opened
“Excuse me?” she said, taking half a step back from me. I raised my hands. I was making a fucking mess of things.
coleman than it would by a nude place for you to stay, an a guest, untill the blows ms”
“But I don’t know you. I appreciate you trying to help. But you are still a stranger. She won’t wrong. I didn’t need to be a psychologist to see the had in her part and that conorable and men. I hoped for my son’s sake her hadn’t caused her twins, or made it worse. Her sefioul to take me up on my offer at least showed she had a strong survival instinct. I
“Fine I need to get are things for you in my car. When you lock the door and I want you to pose to let me back in when Item in five minutes 7” old her. She looked
“IT to let you stay here. I need to give you something to keep you at leest mère secure. But I need you to promise la let me back inside.” She added. “I need you to tell me in that neret voepe of youn, sweetness
“pronise to let you back in,” she told me.
“Good Cane on” I said and she followed me into the hallway. I left the apartment and stayed cotilde the door until I heard all the locks being used. There we prides to living for your work, I thought as I walked back to my car and got my tool has and some other things. As I walked up the stairs again, I hoped the would kong to her word and let me back inside and not call the cops on
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