Howard’s stomach had been in knots for weeks. His wife almost left him. He blamed it on the alcohol. Isabella forgave him on one condition: he had to go to marriage counseling. But Professor Jones was still alive, as the Calle Ocho gang failed to kill him. Howard still wondered if things would lead back to him. He also worried that Steve would show Isabella the pictures. Howard did not contact the gang again, even though he owed them another ten thousand dollars for the failed hit. He hoped that this would be over.
Howard received an email from Steve: Meet me in my office at 2 p.m. sharp. This was it. He was going to have to meet the very person he tried to kill. But he had to save his marriage. Steve had threatened him with those sordid pictures, and that left him no choice.
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