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Shit. I sit up and frown. “What? Wait, Dino?”
“Yeah, man,” Colton sighs. “He wants you, Max.”
I smirk coldly. “Coming after me, Colton?”
“I didn’t know it was you, you stupid motherfucker,” he grunts. “Not when I took the job. But I mean shit, Max! You took the guy’s fucking daughter!?”
I ignore him, “So are you coming after me or not, Colton?”
“Not,” he grunts. “I mean, yeah, I took the job, but when I realized the hit was on you, of course not.”
“What’s the bounty? Out of curiosity?”
Colton snickers. “You don’t wanna know.”
“Insultingly low?”
He chuckles. “No. High enough that every riff-riff from here to Philly is going to be looking for you.” Colton sighs. “You somewhere safe, man?”
“Yep.”
“Let me guess, your little hideout at the factory?”
I frown. “You come looking or me, Colton, and I will but a bullet in you.” I grin. “I mean, nowhere fatal, but it’ll hurt.”
My buddy laughs. “Relax, Max. I’m not. Do you have an exit strategy, though?”
I glance at the locked door to where Tessa is. “Working on it.”
“Work faster. I’m not the only freelance help Dino’s brought in. He’s got a whole slew of bounty hunters and those types looking for you. The walls are closing, Max. I can help out as much as I can; clue you in when I know shit. But you know…”
“You can’t be seen actually helping me.”
“Max…”
“No, I get it.” I sigh. “I get it, man.”
“I can give you a heads up if trouble is coming your way, though.”
“I appreciate it.”
“Of course, man. We go way back. But Max, you wanna tell me why you plucked Tessa De Luca up off the street? Did Dino fuck you over?”
“It’s a long story. But yeah.”
“What’s the plan, shoot her?”
“Fuck no,” I growl savagely. I also say it too quickly for Colton not to pick up on it.
“She’s a pretty girl.”
I say nothing.
“Max,” Colton sighs warily.
“What?”
“I know your type well, that’s what.”
