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The next few days, anxiety and uncertainty follow me everywhere I go. They breathe down my neck as I try to read a book. They wrap themselves around me as I try to eat, smothering me. They’re everywhere, dogging every single step I take.
The question that’s at the forefront of my mind is simple: do I take Tony’s crazy plan to heart, consequences be damned? Or, do I tell Monster everything and let him save me?
I can’t seem to make up my mind. So, the nervousness and doubt are my constant companions, for far longer than Tony said. I wait with bated breath, not knowing when and if my brother is going to make his move.
The whole time, I’m running the scenarios and the probable outcomes through my head. I imagine that I didn’t tell Monster. That I just let Tony rob and kill the man who h
