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She doesn’t have to say anything else I know exactly what she’s talking about

My fists clench,fire as I think about our new storefront initiative

My business started with online sales, and that’s where the bulk of the revenue will continue to coia in pop culture – from TV and film to the resurrection in record players – andvarious physical locations throughout the city

Partnering with local businesses, we’re helping the I’m damn proud of, truth be told

And everything was going well

We’re working s our way in like some businesses our size are known to do

Except for one thing

So the stores

“This is Tyrone,” I growl, clenching the edge of the desk so hard I feel like it ht if it hts “Who else would do this?”

“Maybe it is,” Caret you”

I grit my teeth when I think about all the lies he told, all the shitthe business into the dirt

“But we can’tthis is s stores where the surveillance has blind spots We haven’t been able to capture any video of them yet”

My gaze slides over the city, already growing dark as autu so close I could reach out and touch them

I try to calethis neck

“How many have been vandalized in total?” I ask

“Seven,” Carmen says “I can list them if you’d like”

“No, it’s fine Knowing the nuh Hell, even one is too many What happened this time?”

“The sah the ”

“The whole reason these local businesses agreed to partner with us is that we are supposed to enhance their business Supply chains, our connections overseas, covering the overhead during difficult financial ti shit through their h their s Seven, seven out of thirty-eight That’s a very significant percentage”

“And there is a little over a week until the launch party,” Carmen muses

“Which ain”