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Marcus smiled. It wasn't a kind smile. It was the smile of a man who owned the board and all the pieces. "I have a gig. Private session. Tonight."
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This was the "spirited recruit" Marcus had mentioned?
"Elias!" Marcus snapped, pushing off the doorframe. "I said, begin ."
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"Back door is through the kitchen," Elias whispered quickly. "Scream and push past me. Run."
In the dim, flickering light of 'The Iron Gate,' a dilapidated squat turned punk club, the hierarchy was usually clear. But money talked louder than dominance here. Elias leaned against a graffitied concrete pillar, nursing a bottle of cheap beer he’d nursed for an hour. He watched the room with a predatory gaze that he hoped looked bored, but was actually calculating. Marcus smiled
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"Listen," the kid whispered, voice trembling. "I don't want to be here. He said if I didn't come, he'd call the cops on my brother."
"You stupid amateur," Marcus hissed, his face twisting in ugly rage. "You think you can walk in here and waste my time? You’re finished. You’ll never work a door in this city again."
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