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All in all I’m glad we don’t take our own lives very seriously. Granted mine could end with a breakfast burrito, but it was nice to see the young guys embracing the “live each day as it were your last” philosophy. Here we are heading to meet with upper management. Odds are we would have to kill HR and drop her body in a dumpster. We might even have to kill our way back out of here with only our few blades that could pass through metal detectors, yet, we made plans to hang our asses over the edge of the elevated walk and dump on the pedestrians below. Giant was even kind enough to bring us all toilet paper. Oh, I’m certain I’m not the only one with blades here.
The door to the office was open and the secretary was on the phone. We walked in. A nearly bald old man with wire frame glasses wearing an expensive suit sat behind the desk and pretty little thing stood off to the side, still wearing the same clothes, sans the stockings. I assume she was now sans panties too. Deer in headlights cannot begin to describe the look in her eye. She was so pale you could almost see through her.
I closed the door once we were in and said out loud “Now you know why we have the rule about cleaning up your own mess as soon as it occurs. Had you done that he would still be pissed, but at least you would live a few more days.”
“You might have even explained it to the board and gotten protection” offered Slim in that now too familiar voice.
“This is my niece” said the angry old man in his command voice. “She was never to know what we really do here, but, you’ve now robbed her of her innocence. How could you bugger this up so completely! The Acrobats were supposed to retire him later today after you bitched him out.”
At least now I knew my suspicions were correct. The Acrobats seemed a bit shocked by the outburst. I was fairly certain, in a calmer state, the angry old man wouldn’t have let that detail slip. Now I really could see through his niece. The reality was sinking in. Not only did her uncle arrange for people to be killed, she was going to be in the same room where at least one killing happened.
Thankfully, I was off to the side and this office was large. “I just have one question” I said looking directly at the angry old man. “Are you the asshole who saddled me with Henry?” I didn’t care if his niece knew another name at this point. Today was most likely my last day and I was going to make it count.
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