Ellen POV

I wasn't at peace; I needed to do anything to help my friend get out of that mess. So I left her sleeping in her flat, got into my car, and started it.

It was late at night, but I couldn't postpone the matter. I knew the loan sharks that Kinsley owed, because, at some point in my life, I ended up getting involved in dangerous things to survive. At the end of the street, there was a little bar that seemed harmless, but I knew that was where Gary and his gang worked in some kind of ...