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Maybe Brett was gonna go down I loved it in theory but it wasn’t right It didn’t matter how much I wanted his ass to fry He had saved Jade from certain abuse, he had wanted to the whole time In a way, he was braver than me I had wanted LeClerc dead but I would’ve never planned it

He did

Gale nodded "I think it’s time to hit the Mason kid with a few choice questions"

Garcia shook his head, his razor stare cutting into s to add"

My parents stood behind o out in the hall where we can talk about these things privately" He gavea subtle shift to where Jade lay then back to me

Gotcha He wanted to talk more about LeClerc

I pressed a kiss to Jade’s forehead and she gave a shaky smile "I’ll be back"

She nodded and I left, the pale ut

I foldedpissed "I told you, I didn’t call the Skopah with e acoustics of the hospital corridor

"I’ wound in LeClerc’s skull And it’s not like you have been forthco with details at the scene before our arrival"

"Stop busting round Dad was probably catching her as she swooned

"Caleb," Dad warned

"Right, sorry" My eyes said differently, Garcia’s stare locked with h I saw the rooster feathers on him stand at attention

Gale put a hand on his ars, K?"

He looked at her sharply, his feathers definitely ruffled She looked at me for a moment "Listen Caleb This is important, we need a sequence of events We need to establish who killed LeClerc"

"Jade told you," I said for the fifth ti him I don’t knohy!" I threw uptomy hands in the front pockets of o over each thing that transpired, in the proper order, then go to Mason with the run down We’ve already talked to Mia Cote and she corroborates everything we know so far But this bit," she pointed her finger atup"

"His fully armed zombies," Garcia said, arms folded across his chest

"What was your first clue?" I asked, not bothering to hide the sarcas softly, "The mortician found a

"It looked like a small ax As a point of fact, the blade exactly matched a small ax, wielded from a lower position A defense position Or possibly the attacker defending another"

Death by Tomahawk

"I knoas the Indians, Caleb," he said for only ed like, so what?

Garcia threw up his hands

Dad said, "Do we need counsel here, Officer Garcia?"

Just then Gramps strolled in and the situation went fro on here? Why are the cops up in his grill, Peanut?" He directed his question at Moreen

Oops

Dad all but did a face-palm on the spot "Mac, I think it’s best if you let us handle it"

Gramps eyes narrowed to slits "I have no doubt that you have s handled here, Kyle" He looked Dad in the eye, his glance sliding over to include Garcia, "But when it comes to clusterfucks, I think Itheasped and Dad’s ony

Tiff cah "I just heard clusterfuck? What’s thatoff like a bomb in the hollowness of the hall

Gale jueneral er in rin Graroup had stu at him with delayed shock

Adults never said what they really meant Gramps was a breed of his own

Garcia nodded "That is an apt, if not extreht, I know," Grah his hair,you up to speed here," he said, planting his hands on his hips, resigned

Garcia snapped his notebook closed "I think I have enough here to begin questioning Mason But," his eyes never leftto need full disclosure Miss LeClerc will be questioned extensively as well"

Grawith the little Missy?"

"Her dad beat her up " I began

Gra shade of red and his hands clenched into fists "That SOB," Graet irl like that Bastard," Grauys nodded their assent

"LeClerc’s dead Brett Mason already did the deed," Garcia spread his hand away froave a snort "The kid that’s always in Caleb’s business?"

Gale nodded and added, "He’s the one We’d like to say more but it’s outside the scope of confidentiality" She shrugged and his eyes narrowed on her

"If sorandson here, I will definitely becoe" His eyes held a threat and a pro nailed with it I wouldn’t have wanted to be on the receiving end of that look

Garcia see cloak around himself He turned away from Graet more details after I talk with Mason" He raised his brows

"Okay," I said neutrally I wanted to get back to Jade, er

This whole raising the tribe, subsequent brawl and the de appetite I laughed and my parents looked at me like I was crazy

Tiff caotcha Hart It’s all too weird for words"

"Yeah," I agreed Soot me

"Well at least that ass clown is history He was a pain-in-our-ass," Jonesy said

"Jonesy Not now Please," Mo to his sense of reason

Good luck with that

John sighed "I have to agree LeClerc was always going to be a proble order?"

I nodded "I think that’s what put hione when the law steps in," Alex said, shrugging "Actually "

"No," Archer said, shaking his head I sroup Alex was a socially aard penguin

"Humph!" Alex said, irritated