CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
(part six)
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! The sound of gunfire echoed through the salon. Nash and Teddy ran out from the back. Sandy screamed and dropped to her knees.
“GET DOWN!” Alex yelled.
Raz jumped to his feet to stand beside her. They both drew their handguns and pointed them at the outline of the man staring [...]

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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
(part five)
Friday afternoon — 4:30 P.M.
By appointment only

“So I’m sitting on the witness stand…” Raz said.
“I’m done back here,” Sandy said. “Would you like a shave?”
Laughing, Alex was standing next to the chair. Arthur “Raz” Rasmussen was giving a hilarious rendition of his testimony in the step-sister’s trial. Nash was cleaning the bathroom [...]

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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
(part three)
“I want to be a good person.”
She tilted his head up so he was looking into her eyes.
“You are a good person,” she said.
“How can I be when I come from such… filth?”
“Maybe it’s not filth. Maybe it’s just different,” she said. “And I understand what you’re saying. I felt like that for [...]

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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
(part three)
“I feel trapped,” Mike said.
“By what?”
“Family history I can’t understand, don’t understand. I’d never ever be friends with a mobster,” Mike said. “But I love the man. Have from the moment I met him. I don’t know if I remember him or what. He’s funny, smart… We have the most interesting conversations about [...]

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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
(part two)
Friday afternoon — 4:35 P.M.
Prague, Czech Republic

Valerie’s eyes scanned Mike’s face. She was off early from the set with orders not to return until tomorrow afternoon. She thought he’d be delighted. Bud he’d barely looked at her since she got home. His entire attention was focused on the angry painting in front [...]

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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
Friday morning — 8:24 A.M.
Sandy stood inside the doorway to admiring her salon. One wall was painted a burnt orange color similar to a Colorado sunrises. There were four stations set up along the exposed brick side of the studio. A changing room and a bathroom created the barrier between the open space and [...]

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