Chapter 72: Tension

  A knot of dread solidified in Jimmy’s stomach; he was finished.   Escaping was one thing. What happens afterwards?   “I can’t exactly walk away without paying up the list, Jon.” Jimmy’s voice took on a grim edge as he unconsciously glanced around his surroundings. “You know what they do to guys who take a job and leave, right?”   Jon’s disgusted snort crackled over the line.   “I’d say your odds are better paying the list than sticking around for the end you will definitely experience once the Shaw family finds your ass. At least with them, you’ve still got your damned life to run with.”   They both knew the penalty for violating the list’s rules regarding targets and clientele contracts, but that was the Shaw family.   The list could be bargained with for the right price, and if one had the right power, but offending the Shaw family had but one end.   Somehow, Jimmy couldn’t decide which fate was the more palatable one to meet.   “Look,” Jon sighed. “You still got a