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"I don’t know It was blue It was a truck," she staetting right in her face The older wohtened by Devon "What did he say? Exactly!"

"That Mercy was his daughter He said, ‘Come here, Mercy,’ and she went to him He picked her up--she wasn’t afraid of him He said, ‘No one takes et hurt I had to go hoht back here I couldn’t stop hio?" she asked

"Half hour, ht away," she said "I’rabbed her truck keys off the kitchen counter and ran for the door

"Devon!" Mac barked "You should stay here! Where are you going?"

She glared at hiet her"

"Devon! Don’t!"

But she was out the door and in the truck so fast no one could have possibly stopped her She drove immediately across the beach, parked and ran up the stairs, through the bar and into the kitchen There were people on the deck and inside, but she took no notice of them

"Rawley! Jacob found out where I live and he took Mercy! About a half hour ago Mrs Bledsoe atching her I have to go get her I have to have Rawley, I need a wire cutter to cut through the fence And I need Do you have a weapon? Any kind of weapon?"

He grabbed her by the upper arave her a little shake "Shh! Do you think he took her back there?"

"He hated to leave I never saw him leave the coet her," Rawley said "Can you tell et into the caether I’ll show you"

"No, you shouldn’t go, you should--"

"She’s et her and I don’t care if he !"

"And I’," a voice said fro there "We’ll go together I’ll go with Rawley to the inside We’ll get her"

"You ever done this before?" Rawley asked him

"Done this?" Spencer asked stupidly

"Snuck into a village or a prisoner caet someone out?"

Spencer was clearly stuck for an answer With soh, he asked, "Have you?"

"Unfortunately Been a while, thank Jesus Get Cooper Right now"

Spencer blinked a couple of times, then did as he was told When Cooper followed Spencer into the kitchen he was et in your closet," Rawley said "I need a black or dark green jacket or dark-colored sweatshirt with sleeves Caood, but you probably don’t have that Devon needs so real dark from Sarah’s closet--just a jacket’ll do it She’ll be okay in those tennis shoes--she’s not walking far We’ll be going through the woods and can’t be seen"

"What the hell?" Cooper said again

"Mercy’s father ca to go get her," Rawley said "He’s likely dangerous"

"The police were called," Devon said "I told Mac I was going to go get her Jacob has some men ork for hi and to keep us safe, but I alondered about the protection part"

"We’ll have to look out for theotta have a little help here There’s no tiht on hiht back" He took the stairs two at a tied around in his closet, in his trunk, under his bed He was back in the kitchen with his arun He threw the clothes and gun on the counter and pulled one dark brown hoodie over his head

"Wait a minute," Spencer said "You have to stay here for Austin"

"Sarah will take care of Austin and I have to go to onna do to get her back?" Spencer wanted to know

"This old guy served three tours in Vietna this off than you or I," Cooper said

Raas pulling on a navy blue shirt, buttoning it up to his neck and around his wrists "I’d have a better chance if you two dipshits would stay right here If four are going, we’re going to have proble," Devon said "I can tell you every detail of the buildings inside the fence"

"I’ up a pair of boots and a jacket

"I’hed and shook his head "We’ll have to take your extended cab," he said to Cooper He headed for the door He looked back over his shoulder "We on coffee break here?" And then he was out the door, leaving them to follow