He kept talking in a hurry. "The boss I work for is called Gerald... He is a loan shark... but he started doing things more secretly recently... including the exchanges. I got to see what was being exchanged... so did a few others... but we had to keep our mouths shut about it.
We saw a large supply of drugs being exchanged for a lot of money... we handed over the drugs and got the money back in return. The exchange was with the Nitro Gang. That is all I know... I swear!"
The pain stopped, and the figure retreated a little into the darkness.
It was a brief relief from it all, and it gave him hope that everything would soon be over.
He had been able to satisfy his captor enough to save himself, which was what he had wanted.
That was what he thought had happened, but there was still a lot of fear that it would not be enough.
Just as they could take a step back, they could just as easily step forward once more, as the pain could return to him.
