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Authors: Thomas Laird

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‘Ho
w
coul
d
I
hav
e
snuc
k
a
weapo
n
int
o
her
e
wit
h
al
l
o
f
you
r
securit
y
feelin
g
m
e
u
p
an
d
examinin
g
m
e
beforehan
d?’
I
smil
e
. 

Hi
s
canin
e
teet
h
ar
e
jus
t
slightl
y
to
o
lon
g,I
notic
e.
I’
m
wonderin
g
i
f
h
e
i
s
a
bite
r
.

‘Ther
e
i
s
alway
s
tha
t
chanc
e.
N
o
on
e
i
s
tha
t
goo
d,
hombr
e.
N
o
on
e.

H
e
i
s
a
wel
l-
buil
t,
fi
t
ma
n.
Ther
e
i
s
n
o
fa
t
o
n
hi
s
fram
e.
Yo
u
ca
n
se
e
th
e
muscl
e
beneat
h
hi
s
expensiv
e
sport
s
attir
e.
Guerrer
o
i
s
wearin
g
al
l
America
n
bran
d-
nam
e
sportswea
r
.

‘An
d
beside
s,
I’v
e
alread
y
receive
d
th
e
cal
l.

‘Wha
t
cal
l,
jef
e?

‘Fro
m
th
e
brothe
r
o
f
tha
t
bitc
h
tha
t
yo
u
slice
d
u
p
an
d
cu
t
t
o
piece
s.

I
fin
d
mysel
f
risin
g
fro
m
th
e
chai
r
.

‘Si
t
dow
n,
Miste
r
Farme
r
..
.
Buen
o.
The
y
hav
e
offere
d
m
e
ver
y
significan
t
diner
o
t
o
sen
d
yo
u
bac
k
t
o
E
l
Nort
e,
jus
t
s
o
th
e
brothe
r
ca
n
d
o
t
o
yo
u
wha
t
yo
u
di
d
t
o
th
e
siste
r.

‘Wh
y
ar
e
yo
u
tellin
g
m
e
al
l
thi
s?

‘It’
s
no
t
goo
d
busines
s.
Yo
u
ar
e
goo
d
busines
s.I
don’
t
kno
w
abou
t
you
r
friend
s,
bu
t
w
e
hav
e
mad
e
ver
y
fin
e
profit
s,
yo
u
an
d
m
e.
An
d
wh
y
woul
d
I
wan
t
t
o
fuc
k
i
t
al
l
u
p?
Ove
r
on
e
put
a,
on
e
hoo
r?

H
e
watche
s
m
e
t
o
se
e
i
f
there’
s
a
ris
e
.

‘W
e
wer
e
i
n
busines
s
togethe
r.
Sh
e
wa
s
a
cun
t.
Tha
t
wa
s
al
l.


I
se
e.
Ye
s,I
understan
d.
Bu
t
he
r
brothe
r
doesn’
t
agre
e
wit
h
yo
u.

‘H
e
wa
s
fuckin
g
he
r
himself.’

‘Suc
h
twiste
d
peopl
e.
Lik
e
a
pretze
l,
n
o?
Yo
u
ar
e
ver
y
interestin
g
peopl
e,
yo
u
northerner
s.
Yo
u
lik
e
t
o
destro
y
eac
h
othe
r
n
o
matte
r
wha
t
you’r
e
doin
g.
I
n
sport
s,
i
n
th
e
be
d.
I
t
make
s
n
o
differenc
e.
Yo
u
wan
t
t
o
wip
e
th
e
othe
r
awa
y.
Ther
e
i
s
n
o
merc
y
wit
h
yo
u,
Seño
r
Farme
r.

‘D
o
w
e
sta
y
i
n
busines
s?

H
e
watche
s
m
e
carefull
y.
H
e
want
s
t
o
se
e
m
e
squir
m,
bu
t
I
wil
l
no
t
.

‘W
e
hav
e
interest
s
i
n
Londo
n,
Pari
s,
Amsterda
m,
Mosco
w,
Beijin
g,
Hon
g
Kon
g,
Manil
a,
Toront
o,
Berli
n,
an
d
a
doze
n
mor
e
citie
s
throughou
t
th
e
worl
d
tha
t
I
can’
t
remembe
r.
W
e
ar
e
talkin
g
abou
t
hundred
s
o
f
million
s
o
f
peso
s
an
d
dollar
s
an
d
pound
s
an
d
ye
n.
Yo
u
thin
k
I’
d
giv
e
yo
u
u
p
fo
r
thi
s
put
a-
greasebal
l?I
don’
t
thin
k
s
o.
An
d
I
tol
d
thi
s
Italia
n
bastar
d
tha
t
whateve
r
h
e
ha
s
betwee
n
hi
m
an
d
yo
u
i
s
lef
t
righ
t
ther
e.I
wil
l
no
t
protec
t
yo
u,
seño
r.
Tha
t
wa
s
th
e
onl
y
concessio
n
I
gav
e
t
o
you
r
maste
r
u
p
nort
h.
Bu
t
i
f
h
e
include
s
m
e
i
n
hi
s
vengeanc
e,
the
n
I
wil
l
protec
t
mysel
f,
an
d
h
e
doe
s
no
t
wan
t
a
wa
r
o
n
thi
s
sid
e
o
f
th
e
Ri
o
Grand
e.

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