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just a few patrons left with one drunk guy who w
ept my tips in my purse. It
er?" Davey asked me. He pointed
ed, "Dru
w here,"
e town. This guy with his sandy-coloured hair
xperience taught us that drunk guys always started troubl
id, patting his
ey was a nice guy with few words. He was more
myself for the cold waiting outside. I got out into the
t of things swimming in my head. My rent was almost due and I had som
bag and shoes. Exhaustion had fused into my bones like hot flu
thes along with my bra. I walked around in my panties to the kitc
even as a child. It was attached to me like a limb. I tried to take it off on several occasions while growing up
in one gulp. The drink hit me hard. I winced from the recoil of the drink and cursed h
ed bones. Just as I was about to make my way to the kitchen, a
g but I felt a serious pull tugging at me. Something wanted me there
tula, just in case, it came in handy before I moved cautiously toward the do
nd. It was my strong hand so I felt confident that one swing from it woul
t disappeared around the corner. Someone was h
eath came in labored gasps and he held his side where I could only
ent state, he couldn't harm me even if he tried but there was something about him that made m
when I was close enough, he noticed m
ked, biting back the
ne asking that question. What the fuck are
t have been experiencing at that moment. The coldness in his
barely audible voice. "I'm
my question, not even in the slightest,
be dead in some minute
for me. The last thing I needed was to spend my morning answering que
ried to help you?" I watched him closel
was erratic from the col
en if I wanted to." He
mb enough to piss off the enemy gang. Maybe they were gunning for him and would trail him all the way to my backyar
re?" My eyes bulged out
w?" He regarded
wasn't part of a gang that had been gunned
ose?" I gestured at
, lad
ht. For a minute I thought he was going
esh to see if he was burning up. He was faster than I e
my neck shift and the symbol across it unlocked. It all ha
energy and power coursing thr
I touched the amulet and felt it w
stared at him. He touched his side where his injur
tered. "They're gone,
been drained of the newly found energy
omething, it all went dark for me