The ride to the bar should have been liberating. I’d been stuck in Nico’s house for days. I was getting out and seeing a place I knew would usually be refreshing. Instead, the drive was filled with flashes of memories. A snarling face. Screams. The flash of a knife. By the time we actually got to the bar, I was almost shaking.“Here we go,” Luis said, turning his truck off. “I’ll get you inside, then do a few circuits of the outside, make sure it’s all clear. Once that’s good, I’ll be inside the rest of the night.”“Yeah. Sounds good,” I muttered, fumbling with the door handle.“Hey?”I turned and looked at him, clenching my fists to keep my hands from shaking.“Are you sure you’re all right? You know, you don’t have to go in there tonight if you don’t want to. You…well, you don’t look very good.”“Thanks. Same to you, buddy.”Luis blinked, then barked out a laugh. It was the first time I’d heard him laugh or even seen him smile for that matter. “Got it. I’ll stay in my lane,” he said
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