Mafioso
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3"Shit," I muttered-third loss in a row. Figures.
I'd already gambled more than I
should've. Debt hanging around my
neck like a noose, and here I am, chasing losses like some rookie. "How the hell am I supposed to pay anything back if I can't even win a damn hand?" I barked at no one, shoving through the double doors of my own damn casino like some disgraced loser stepping off a crumbling stage.
Outside, the streetlight flickered. Like even it was judging me.
"Dammit."
I kept walking, jaw clenched, brain spiraling.
If I can't pay the mafia soon, they'll come looking. Again. And if I'm lucky-real lucky-they won't shoot me in the knees when I ask for more time... like the last three times.
I straightened my suit. Brushed off the dust. Tilted my fedora just right-like any of that could hide the stink of desperation.
That's when I heard it: shouting.
Coming from the alley just ahead.
I should've kept walking. Hell, I tried.
But of course-I had to look.
Just one glance.
And that's when I saw him.
A man. Getting stabbed. Right there in the alley.
Steel in his gut. Blood on the bricks.
That's when I spotted him-tall as a skyscraper, black coat sweeping the ground, fedora pulled low-just like mine. Except his had two bunny-shaped ears poking out from under the brim.
He looked at me. Cold enough to freeze a furnace.
I snapped my gaze forward, pretending I hadn't seen a thing. Walk faster, Chance. Don't make eye contact.
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