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‘I ough
t
t
o
shoo
t
yo
u
an
d
hi
m,
Vit
o,
yo
u
laz
y
fuc
k.
Whe
n
I
ge
t
don
e
wit
h
thi
s
animale
,
I’l
l
tak
e
car
e
o
f
yo
u.
’

Vit
o
gulp
s
bu
t
doesn’
t
tr
y
t
o
defen
d
himsel
f.
There’
s
n
o
coppin
g
a
ple
a
wit
h
Fortu
m
.

‘Yo
u
wan
t
t
o
dro
p
tha
t
nic
e
bi
g
knif
e?
Wha
t
th
e
fuc
k
i
s
tha
t?
Som
e
kin
d
o
f
hair
y-
asse
d
scalpe
l?
Yo
u
wer
e
a
medica
l
studen
t,
weren’
t
yo
u,
limpdic
k?
’

Th
e
bodyguar
d
stand
s,
nex
t
t
o
m
e,
an
d
i
t
divert
s
Fortuna’
s
attentio
n
jus
t
lon
g
enoug
h
fo
r
m
e
t
o
gra
b
hol
d
o
f
Vit
o,
yan
k
hi
m
i
n
positio
n
i
n
fron
t
o
f
m
e,
an
d
us
e
hi
m
a
s
a
shiel
d
jus
t
a
s
Joh
n
let
s
loos
e
wit
h
tw
o
round
s.
Th
e
soun
d
o
f
th
e
tw
o
shot
s
i
s
deafenin
g
i
n
th
e
smal
l
livin
g
roo
m.
Th
e
impac
t
o
f
th
e
tw
o
slug
s
knock
s
Vit
o
an
d
m
e
backwar
d,
bu
t
I’
m
abl
e
t
o
gra
b
hol
d
o
f
th
e
lam
p,
ri
p
i
t
ou
t
o
f
it
s
socke
t,
an
d
flin
g
i
t
a
t
Jacki
e
Morocco’
s
hea
d.
Th
e
roo
m
goe
s
dar
k,
tw
o
mor
e
shot
s
explod
e
towar
d
th
e
alread
y
dea
d
bod
y
I’
m
stil
l
holdin
g
i
n
fron
t
o
f
m
e,
an
d
whe
n
I
hea
r
Fortun
a
comin
g
towar
d
m
e
i
n
th
e
dar
k,I
us
e
Vito’
s
hea
d
a
s
a
rammin
g
too
l
an
d
I
shatte
r
th
e
pictur
e
windo
w
behin
d
wher
e
th
e
lam
p
onc
e
wa
s.I
dum
p
Vit
o
an
d
I
mak
e
fo
r
th
e
openin
g.I
jum
p
ou
t
ont
o
th
e
law
n,
an
d
tw
o
mor
e
round
s
whin
e
clos
e
b
y
m
e,
bu
t
I’
m
no
t
hi
t.I
tak
e
of
f
o
n
th
e
law
n
an
d
bol
t
i
n
th
e
directio
n
opposit
e
t
o
th
e
locatio
n
o
f
th
e
Feds
’
va
n.
I’
m
dow
n
th
e
stree
t
no
w
bu
t
I
don’
t
hea
r
an
y
mor
e
gunfir
e.I
ru
n
an
d
ru
n
unti
l
m
y
lung
s
wan
t
t
o
explod
e.
Whe
n
I’
m
certai
n
there’
s
n
o
on
e
stil
l
comin
g
afte
r
m
e,I
cu
t
throug
h
severa
l
backyard
s
an
d
mak
e
m
y
wa
y
bac
k
t
o
m
y
ow
n
vehicl
e,
usin
g
a
circula
r
rout
e.I
arriv
e
a
t
m
y
ca
r,
an
d
th
e
stree
t
i
s
quie
t.
M
y
hear
t
i
s
beatin
g
s
o
rapidl
y
an
d
loudl
y
tha
t
I
thin
k
m
y
ches
t
wil
l
ri
p
ope
n
fro
m
th
e
buildu
p
.

Afte
r
abou
t
thre
e
minute
s
o
f
catchin
g
m
y
breat
h,
I’
m
abl
e
t
o
star
t
th
e
ca
r
an
d
pul
l
awa
y
fro
m
th
e
cur
b.I
begi
n
th
e
lon
g
rid
e
bac
k
t
o
m
y
ne
w
apartmen
t
o
n
th
e
fa
r
northwes
t
sid
e.
M
y
knif
e
sit
s
nex
t
t
o
m
e
o
n
th
e
sea
t
o
f
th
e
automobil
e.I
neve
r
le
t
i
t
ou
t
o
f
m
y
sigh
t
whe
n
I
g
o
ou
t.I
kee
p
i
t
alway
s
withi
n
eas
y
reac
h
.