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-Chapter Eight-
"What is wrong? Tell me!"
I am shrieking and completely freaking out.
"My ex-wife is a psychopath!" he blurts out. "She tried to kill Renny one time... And you just gave him away! Just like that!"
My heart sinks.
"I did not know Eric! If I did... If I did, I would not have given him away!" I quiver. "Now what are we going to do?"
He bolts to his car.
"Find Renny."
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"FUCK!! FUCK!! FUCK!!"
Eric bangs the steering wheel, cussing furiously when his psychopathic wife declines his call.
Roy is sitting at the backseat silently, aware of the tension floating in the air.
Eric looks frustrated and I feel so fucking horrible that I am the one making him go through all this. It is my fault all this is happening.
"We sh
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