The Million-Dollar Revenge

next scheduled stop, planned by Mark to "rel

as where I'd bought Le

served a dif

to the nearest trauma center,

t town, where the hospital was, bu

y I had lov

hair from his brush. A quick trip to a friend who wor

ile we were waiting for news on Mark

. Zero perc

cold, hard knot in my s

ny's son. A living sy

was packed. Tourists, fami

a twenty-

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d, "Than

elt like a twist of a knife I no

the arcade, swall

d to Brenda and Jessica, who w

g to get some

opposite directi

't loo

lake, took out my phone, and

child. Thei

arted to panic. "Where's

prise, then g

with you! He wen

Jessica was useless, just wring

to park security, filing

distress. My he

t to me. He w

family. One less piece of

as still safe in my