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The basement was damp and dimly lit.

Luca led me from the stairs and toward a closed door on the other side of the unfinished basement.

I could hear the muffled sounds of a man grunting. My palms were sweaty, my

stomach and knots. I felt like I had to pee even though I'd just emptied my bladder upstairs.

Luca stopped at the door, turning to look at me with hard brown eyes, said deep in his fleshy face.

He wore his dark hair slicked back on his head, held in place by some

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