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One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Four bullets for the fourth man I killed for fucking with the woman I loved.

Four promises kept.

I can sleep easily at night while he rots in the dirt with Jimmy, Kenneth, and Samuel.

Unflinching, I study the blood on my shoes as I stand. I need to clean myself up at Alonzo’s and go get flowers for my baby.

Today is her birthday and I’m not missing another minute of it.