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Chapter 186

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LUCA

The call came in before I’d even had coffee the next morning.

Rafael’s voice was tight. He only spoke like that when something had gone wrong in a way that would cost us.

“Boss, we’ve got a problem in the streets.”

I was still half in the dark of my study, one shoulder leaning against the wall, phone pressed to my ear. “What kind of problem?”

“There was an overdose. It happened last night. Word’s getting out and around.”

That yanked the last of the sleep out of my narrowed eyes. Cleared it in a way so brutal even coffee couldn't do it.

Overdoses weren’t just bad for optics, they were bad for business.

A man who was dead couldn’t earn, and a man who was chasing his next fix was unpredictable, sloppy.

In my world, sloppy people get killed.

“What was it?” I asked, my voice low.

There was a pause. Too long. I could hear the shuffle of movement on his end, the faint honk of traffic somewhere behind him.

“Rafael?” I proded.

“Cocaine,” he said finally.

I closed my eyes and swore un
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