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Prologue

Finn

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me This dumbass loser is responsible for all this madness?

“He’s a fucking junkie,” I hiss into thethe un in the air He spins every few seconds, aiey I can see his pupils froh”

“He’s a goddamn wild card,” Robbie crawls up beside me and says into his ownin with the state of mind he’s in”

There’s a crackle in our ears as the police lieutenant sounds through “You boys see any of my men?”

“Affir now I’d be careful about that This idiot’s already angry Last thing we need to do is provoke hies” Robbie tries again to reason with the highly pissed off officer outside

“If I want your opinion, I’ll ask for it Now shut up and stand back Let us do our jobs Still don’t knohy Hayes Security is even on the scene”

Robbie and I roll our eyes, having heard this same statement at almost every situation alk into No one seeain

“They’re here because your boss called , and seeing as this ht it imperative we act fast Lose the attitude, Lieutenant I haven’t had enough coffee to deal with your ego this ” James Hayes, Robbie’s dad, h the communications line, obviously irritated

“Telldown to enjoy a latte and donut when the call ca to piss off any of the police listening

“You think this is funny, Black?” Another voice I don’t recognize coh

“Actually, no, I don’t think this is funny I think it’s boring If y’all don’t et this show on the road I have a statistics exam in a few hours”

This earns a chuckle fro in

“Heads up, boys I’ve got a call co in Stick with the plan Only reason to ot me?”

We confirun The phone on one of the desks rings, and he juun erratically He points at the desk and shoots

A woman nearest to hi at her to shut up She starts to cry, and he whips her across the face The security guard on duty un at him

That’s our sign Robbie and I have an unspoken agreement; any kind of violence is unacceptable, but violence on women won’t be tolerated

“Ja this our way”

“What the fuck does that mean?” someone asks

“You got a read on the situation? We’ve got two nores the questions firing at him and speaks directly to Robbie and me