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Hugoson glared at me like I was the source of all his proble to do to me?" he wanted to know

"Guess," I told hi to fuck me over cuz of what happened to Beth"

"If you want to tell that story in court, you go right ahead," I said

"Goddaer finished collecting sa back to the Law Enforcement Center," she said "Do everyone a favor and turn yourself in early to back here with sheriff deputies and that kid from the Herald"

"You can’t do this to e of leaving the scene of an accident," I said "I think he can ood case for felony assault, maybe even attempted murder"

"I didn’t do it"

"It was your truck"

"I know, I knowOh, shit All right, all right, I kno things work You gotta giveif you promise not to fuck up my parole You can’t send er said

"Do we have a deal? I ain’t talkin’ unless we have a deal"

"I can’t er scowled at oson "Tell us soet about the car"

"That’s not enough"

"How oson started walking in se, his hands squeezing each side of his head

"I knew this would happen, I just fucking knew this would happen," he chanted

Finally, he stopped He er’s and raised his hand like he wanted to set it on her shoulder, but didn’t dare Instead, he stared deeply into her eyes

"You’re a good cop," he said "You got my respect You do your job, but you cut people slack when there’s slack to cut You don’t go around tryin’ to break people’s balls If you promise to vouch for me with the county attorney, I’ll tell ya"

"TellI’ll cut you all the slack there is," Mallinger said

"It was Coach"

"Coach Testen?"