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THE AUTHOR HAS RATED THIS NARRATIVE

RL-13 INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13

For the real-time portrayal of a brutal murder by firearm, the descriptive mutilation and dismemberment of a human body, discussion of illegal narcotics, and some profanity.

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