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I looked at hihtly down at him They were not tall erous He looked over at Diego and gave ain"

I nodded No shit

I glanced briefly at Jade, as standing by Sophie and John Safe and uninjured At least there was that

I walked to the lawn, three eruptions of dirt and the meat of the earth splattered in crumpled bits around the lawn They walked over to their respective places and like candy in tubes, stood over the holes The ground rippled under their feet, the push ofof the surge finding their resonating signatures They shot down into their graves like torpedoes, honing in on a signal only they could track

And o in the back of the ahts, bursting from a strobe on top of the vehicle

"Have you pulsed the parents?" Garcia asked Gale

"Yes"

He nodded, notepad open, pen poised "Okay, Mr O’Brien, can you start froiveover the whole episode again

Jade and Sophie were by the gate, handing out candy for the trick-or-treaters Carson’s group, including Buddy and a beat-up Christi were being interrogated by Gale Christi’s attention was caught up in Tiff, shooting her dirty looks about every three seconds

Finally, with the interviews over and the candy gone, Garcia herded the group together Archer hung back as far as he could get aith, warily gazing at Carson and Crew

"Here it is," he said as he looked at Carson "One ated by you or any one of the kids you run with and it will be jail tie, correct?" Garcia said, not really asking

"Yeah," Carson answered, sullen

Garcia let the silence stretch out until Carson responded with a littlefrohts as an E One were over Now, if you transgressed illegally, you could have your ass hauled in and thrown in the old slae He was about ready to be screwed out of a get-out-of-jail-free card That was the one Garcia talked about last year I think ht up with that

Gramps looked at Archer and said caustically, "Looks like I’ain"

Lewis raised a brow

"Restraining orders" He looked around at the assearnered a s shut as I watched "Several restraining orders"

"Do you think that’s really necessary, Mr O’Brien?" Garcia asked Then he added, "I think they will think twice about coroup are slow learners They may need The Solution"

Garcia’s brows came down above his eyes in a thud "What does that mean?" he asked slowly

"What it th" His eyes landed on Carson "That’s right, ya candy ass The next time you think you can take on my old ass, you better have more than those two hands and an attitude If you set foot on my property, I’ll have the proper paperwork to back up my solution"

Carson said, "Yeah,all kinds of environ his hand out at the extensive environave the first grin since the cops showed up "He can try I crossit"

Huh

Garcia frowned "Do I want to ask what The Solution is?"

Moround and Garcia’s frown deepened

"Nope But everything I got is a-okay Cleared Legal-for-ed then turned his attention to Carson "Leave Now"

Garcia nodded "Go ahead and go home Now, just because you’re euardians, will not be notified of this incident That you keep cropping up as a perpetrator does not bode well for you, Mr Ha it shut and pushing it into the chest pocket of his unifor your Pyrokenetic ability"

Everyone’s eyes swung to rateful for the night that would hide my e her small hand into

"This will be your second strike too, Caleb" My mouth dropped open How could this be? I hadn’t done jack These idiots had come here to Gramps’ and started all the shit As usual

Mom rushed forward "Just you wait a second," her eyes flashed and she raised her finger at Garcia and Gale ca to start

"We are aware of the history here, Mrs Hart" When Moain, Gale continued in the pause, "But he already has a strike against hi to use That means that when an altercation happens "

"We knohat it means, Officer Gale," Dad said, obviously pissed, Mo as you re of Caleb" His eyes met the cops and Garcia flinched a little at the intense eye contact "These boys have established a trend They beat this boy," Dad paused and indicated Lewis "Four boys against one Not great odds About the same odds that Caleb endured"

Tiff snapped and crackled a bubble about five hundred tiet that ’ho, Christi"

Moot the crooked mouth I did too That Tiff

"Yes, thank you Miss Weller for your infor at Christi’s pulverized face He sighed

Bry crossed his ar for Tiff"

"Yes, Officer Garcia, what assurance can you offer, Caleb?" John asked and Dad s ss

Jonesy was on it "Sibling IQ still in effect, Duave him a knuckle bump

Brody’s hands clenched into fists "Shut up, Jones"

Jones folded his arms in front of his chest "Make"I aoing to spend the night in the cell!"