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"You bitch!" He bellowe, storming over to her. He had added quite a bit of whiskey to his coffee and his mind was slightly blurred. He grabbed her wrist firmly. "You do not talk to me that way, bitch!" He yelled

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Kai fired his concealed pistol into the air, furious. "Stay the hell out of my house, you bitch!" He roared

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Weeks went by and Kai slowly drank his mind--and regret--away. He would occasionally complete jobs for his father and get paid a decent amount to keep funding his drinks. He had a few one-night-stands and some girls he had to nearly shove away. He was called one day, entirely sober, to his father's office beside another of his father's men. "The next target for you, Jim, is Lorelei Bonetti. And for you, Kai,-" But his fatherwas cut off by Kai's storming out of the room. "Well, alright then." Kai drove furiously home, unable to believe the woman he still loved was going to die.

Later that night, Kai followed Jim on foor to the bar Lorelei was assumed to be. He watched and waited behind Jim, his gun on his shoulder and his eye trained through the scope, waiting

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Kai followed Jim to the bar, listening carefully. "What do you say we get outta here,darlin?" Jim drawled, reaching for Lorelei

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Kai's heart felt like it was ripped out of his chest, watching the broken version of the woman he still loved despite everything he'd said. "Aw, c'mon...I'll pay triple" Jim offered, flashing the hundreds