I sputter and attempt to get the taste of chloroform out of my mouth when I awaken tied to a chair.
"What the...where the hell am I?"
One of the men turns to me and smiles menacingly.
"Hell."
"Okay, haha, funny, because I'm about to face retribution or some shit. Really, I do apologize for what I've done but-"
"Do you remember his face?"
"Excuse me?"
"As you let that stray bullet fly, did you see the look in my brother's eyes? He had just gotten a payraise that day, and things were fianlly looking up for him. And you shot him."
"...Holy shit."
"Holy shit is right. Now I want you to imagine his eyes as they caught that bullet heading towards him. Because it's the last thing you'll ever see."
"O...kay. I'm envisioning it."
"Good. Now hold still."
"Wait, what the hell are you-HOLY SHIT! WHAT RE YOU POURING INTO MY-FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK IT BURNS! CHRIST!"
I jostle around the chair in pain as the acid begins to blind me.
"Goddamn piece a' shit mobsters. Never takin' well with retribution."