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Andrew exhaled slowly. “We’re going to make something clear.”
The knife came out of his armband like a breath — smooth, quiet, inevitable. The blade caught the flickering light, cold and silver.
“If you touch her,” Andrew said, “I’ll gut you.” No raised tone. No dramatics. Just a fact carved into the air between them.
Neil didn’t step back. He didn’t lift his hands or try to talk him down.
He just looked at the knife — not with fear, but with something that looked a lot like understanding. His gaze flicked to Andrew’s eyes, then back to the blade, then to the cigarette burning down between Andrew’s fingers.
“Who exactly do I not touch?” Neil asked finally, voice low and even. It wasn’t a challenge. It was a question that needed answering.
“Julia,” he said.
Neil blinked, the motion small. “Is she-” He paused, searching for the word. “Is she your girlfriend?”
The question was almost casual, like inventory. Andrew let a corner of his mouth lift once. “She’s my sister. Does it matter?”