It became almost a nightly occurrence to see him coming home bruised up. He became more involved, taking on riskier jobs. After the incident, and the losses and doctor’s bills that came with it, Red started to escalate. I understand he was only a sentry at first, indirectly involved and thus only earning a smaller cut of the bounty, but with also much less of the risk. We were already stretched thin as it were, orphans with only him earning a wage and procuring extra funds from where he wouldn’t tell me. It cost my brother most of our rent and food money for that month, and that was when things started to worsen. “I hadn’t done a thing, but we still had to pay up. And so he was listening with rapt attention to Edge’s own life story. The rain had stopped, but since it was getting dark already, they decided to use the night to rest before the big day tomorrow. Stretch was at his back, protecting him from the cooling night air. I don’t know whether it was laziness or incompetence, but either way, he didn’t want to be bothered with it and the consequences were ours to bear.” The guard who was called to the scene refused to believe us or continue investigating. “After the incident in the marketplace, I was blamed for the theft of those jewels. Papy-ly Event Stats: Published: Completed: Words: 10910 Chapters: 8/8 Comments: 71 Kudos: 20 Bookmarks: 2 Hits: 160
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