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XXXIII-AN OPEN DOOR
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I couldn't help but break down in tears. 'Stop it, for fuck's sake, have you guys gone crazy?'
I got in the middle of the two of them to try to separate them. Harlan wouldn't let go, and Jack looked focused, like he was gathering strength to punch him.
'Let him go!' I insisted. Jack gained momentum and threw a punch, which hit him glancingly, but I got in the way and shouted again.
'You're a bastard. You already hurt her once, you hear me?' Harlan accused the other as he stepped back, ready to walk away. I'd never seen him like that.
If I'd been told Jack would get cocky, I'd have believed it more.
'Did I? I don't know what nonsense you're talking, you deadbeat.'
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