Chapter 9

“You’re a liar as well as a whore.”

Julio frantically grabbed for his doorknob. He wasn’t going to make it. He thought of Etienne and grabbed at the card in his pocket. It would have been nice to have had someone despite what he told Donal. Everything moved in slow motion. Julio prepared himself to die.

Bales grabbed him by his collar. He was six-foot-two in comparison to Julio’s five-foot-five. He also had fifty or more pounds on him. He lifted Julio off the floor with one hand and held him dangling against the door. He’s going to rape me. Who’d believe a whore who cried rape?”

“You don’t have to rape me. I’ll give you what you want.” Julio tried to pull his collar away from his throat.

“But I don’t want it anymore, you betrayed me.”