the shoulders, her struggles

slumber, and her odds of escaping the clutch

lare of the hallway's incandescent bulb as Scarface sp

of next month. You're

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ed, "Just hand over the m

hat amount so soon. Cou

through to find you? If I let you go n

with a lecherous

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d, "Can't pay? No problem. I'll sell you to a nightclub.

day. I promise I'll g

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n the door, "

ent, and Scarface shut the door with more

ded to the nightclub anyway, might a

ly, their eyes alight with

she managed to maintain a veneer of calm, "I still have some

, "How much can your trinkets be worth

l genuine,"

to Henry Jefferson. He had filled her closet

been forced on her by Hen

fe was now at stake. She considered them

ecklace is a timeless piece by the famed Italian des

Scarface examined them, realizing

the sparse apartment, and

on, he slapped he

g a vivid red mark as tear

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on, the men grew restless, one urging, "Boss

she struggled. Scarface grabbed her calve

," he couldn't r

top, reaching inside. In a despe

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s, Scarface punc

gered backward, falling and hit

n blurred, and as she sli

door and a man's familia

bullets and blood withou

lle, bruised and disheveled on the floor,

ed had he not arrived

mb twirling a ring on his finger

tinuously twirled the ring on his thumb, a

s men were about to erupt in curses when they

Jefferson before, but t

y: anyone who saw Henry Jefferson t

curried over, falling to his knees in a disgracef