Strangers in the End
"Layla, don't you forget, it was the Perrone family that raised you. If you kill us, that makes you a traitor all the same."
"Kill you?"
I laughed softly and stepped slowly forward, looking down on the little group of them.
The pistol hung loose at my side, my fingertips idly stroking its cold body, my presence heavy enough that the two of them shrank back on instinct.
"Oh, I won't kill you. After all, sometimes living hurts far more than dying does."
"My patience has limits, Anthony. In front of everyone here, why don't you tell them how you framed me back then."