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I’m. I’m here. Where I said to meet me. If you remember that day in Philly, if you remember the song, if you remember the lyrics well enough to know where I’m talking about…it’s a lot of ifs. But I’m not sure what else to do. I’m not even sure I want to see you but—

What other choice do we have? I tried being away from you. But we’re tied together, whether we want to be or not. We were always connected, weren’t we, but it was by choice. We chose to work together, to be part of the same crew. We could’ve walked away at any time. You could’ve walked away. Why didn’t you just walk away?

Instead, you ratted us out, you cut a deal on my behalf—you sliced a fish hook underneath my skin and dragged me along with you and when I tried to wriggle free, all I did was get you stuck to that very same hook. And now I worry that if we pulled it free from our flesh, we’d both bleed to death.

The thing—the thing that really infuriates me is that…I was ready to forgive you. I was ready to move on from it, move forward, figure out how to deal with our new reality together. Hell, there were times when I thought I should just sacrifice myself so that you could live. That’s how much I—

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I didn’t want you living with the consequences of my actions. When all I’ve been doing for years is living with the consequences of yours. And now Don—Donnie’s dead.  And I still have no idea who to blame. 

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