You're friend the lawyer in Manhattan took care of everything a couplemonths back. Changed Dad's will, took Rowan out and put in Saoirse,etc.... I'll... go to the funeral, but I need to avoid everyone who will bethere. I guess..."Kristina could hear quiet sobs on the other end of the line."I guess that part of my life... is gone for good now. Rowan is trulydead," she sniffled."Oh Saoirse, it's ok," she said tenderly. "I know that must be a verydifficult thing to think about. It's never ok to. “Jack, you’re a great guy. I can’t wait to meet your wife. When did you say you’re moving again?”“Oh, summer sometime, I guess,” Jack mumbled, his mouth craving another beer. Jose sensed this and quickly procured another Negra Modelo from the fridge. “How long are you in town for this week, Jack?” Linda asked. “Umm, till Monday, I guess. I have no idea what the hell I’m gonna do over the weekend,” Jack wondered aloud, not intending to put upon Jose and Linda. “Well, I know what you’re doing,”. " Well, considering his size if he rolled over on anyone they'd be goners, but I thought he was a pro and would never talk." He hasn't, 'cept to you, but only 'cause he's more afraid of them than us, an' I suspect something about your interrogation method is one reason he's more scared of you," she said. "They made a mistake when they hired him. He's a bargain basement freelancer. They thought you'd be an easy target."The thought people could be so casual about killing me, about killing anyone,. He watched her face, the sadness in her deep brown eyes that still lingered, even after all these years, he traced the mass of freckles that skimmed her cheekbones and her neat little nose, he clenched his jaw as she bit down on her bottom lip, scanning through her mp3 player for a particular song and smiling softly when she found the one she was after. He could hear it faintly, very faintly, through her earphones but he didn’t have to hear much to know what it was. The Libertines – Don’t Look.
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