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Mary didn’t want to be connected with another friend of a friend. Such connections are what got her into trouble in the first place: she was trying to help the friend of her ex-boyfriend.
So she needed to learn this time. Even when Jimmy was really in trouble or anyone else was in trouble, she needed to take care of herself first.
Mary knew that she needed to harden her heart so that she wouldn’t be in a very compromising position.
Never again, she vowed to herself silently. Well, at least, she wouldn’t do it in a drastic way like what happened to her recently.
She was sure that she was making the right choice to go to her house and deal with her demons.
With that in mind, she drove herself home, and as she had expected, she found yet another note warning her of playing games.
I won’t be this kind with you anymore, the note read, and Mary threw it in the trash. Even if she was
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She heard someone clap and saw that not far from them stood Jerry.“Who did you say he is to you?” Jerry asked, and Mary wanted to slap him so hard he would forget.“I would have told you it’s none of your business, but since you helped me, you really need to know. That man is the father of all evil,” Mary said. “It’s because of him that I have had sleepless nights, and he alone knows where he has been. I won’t stop until he begs for forgiveness,” Mary said, then walked away from Jerry.Arlan turned and saw Jerry, and he hurriedly walked away because of embarrassment.“I will never understand women. I didn’t know Mary could be so vengeful. Could she be using me to get her revenge,” Jerry asked herself, looking at Mary’s receding figure.Arlan got back home feeling frustrated. He had lost a poker game to some young guy whom he thought was full of himself.He hated t
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“Okay, let her go,” Nicolai said, and Mary was untied, “Seeing you’re such a poor mouse, I will add you two more days. Don’t try escaping and do not. I repeat, do not try involving the police.”“Okay,” Mary said, sweating.It wasn’t hot, and her experience with these men had brought her down to her knees.They had been watching her. How stupid of her to think that she could escape from a mafia gang leader.She was just grateful that he had given her more time. She had to give him a little cash to calm him down for a while.“Two days, and we will be back. We won’t be that kind next time,” Nicolai said, and he and his men rushed out.Their car sped out, and it seemed like everything was okay, except that Mary had just been held at gunpoint for money she didn’t even use.She channeled her anger into her kitchen. She went to cook whatever she found there, and af
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