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I shrugged, "It’s a long story I’ll let Fitz tell it"

Coop shook his head, "Uh, no We are not walking into a trap"

I laughed, "You aren’t, trustI can explain You just have to see it, to understand"

Coop scowled at me in the rearview I rolled my eyes and watched out the

Coop’s stare never left the rearview for longer than a few seconds He was obsessed hatever was behind us He swerved off the highway onto an off raht a blur of the word Lovelock He drove like a savage, skidding around corners and through a neighborhood

He pulled into the driveway of a random house and parked the car We jumped out--well, they ju to the house next door and then through the backyard of that house We ran through the backs of four houses

Coop moved quickly My heart was in ? They ether I felt like the only non-agent, lie fence, each did a pull up and hopped over I stood there looking at the six-foot fence There was no way I was going up and over I grabbed the rough wood and instantly pulleddistracted me from the splinter, I was about to pick out I ran to the back corner of the yard and dropped to ed theery I mussed my hair with my dirt-covered hands and then rubbed the?" Coop hissed through the fence

I threw dirt at the fence and hisses like a cat, "Psssst! Get outta here, pesky cat" I wiped my hair back from my face and smeared more dirt and blood across my face, "Darla, keep that cat in your own yard" I added a little Wisconsin flare to Darla, cat, and yard

I turned and screamed when I saw the seven le andactivity around here I’o I’hborhood" I stared at the o and slouched

One of the young ave me a horrified look and put his hands in the air, "Sorry h here?"

I scrunched randetting stronger, "You get outtathe others around the house My heart was pounding, but I turned back and started picking weeds again with shaking hands

After a few ot up and walked around the side of the house to the garage I opened the unlocked door and walked in closing it slowly and locking it I leaned against the back of it and took in gulps of air

They were military The military was after us, ent off the reservation and they were looking for us I didn’t knohat to think What had I done? Why hadn’t I just stayed with Servario, like they had wanted? I had risked my kids and mother

"Are you insane?"

I jumped and looked up to see Coop in the far corner I frowned, "How did you…?" I looked around the garage

He looked angry, "That was stupid Why didn’t you jump?"

I huffed as I spoke, "Because my old, fat, lazy ass can’t do a pull up, dick My ankle is still sore and I don’t jump fences I have twenty-two percent body fat and alrimaced

I pointed, "That is a respectable nu yourself that The car is around the block Meet us there in five" He walked across the garage towards h the door

I looked around the ee, "How the bloody hell, am I supposed to do that?" I ave me an idea I climbed in the driver’s seat and pulled the wire box I hot-wired the car and opened the garage door I flipped the visor and looked at the dirt stains on ain I pointed at the men in black in the driveway next door and shouted, "Stay outta

I didn’t want the cocky feeling I was filled with to get ent juju always ended up with the cocky person getting caught In et me shipped back to Servario The dirty part ofback Servario had ways of convincing you that you wanted to stay I had a horrid inkling that I’d only run out of fear of s for him

I rounded the corner and stopped the car behind the minivan they had stolen I could see Jack’s dark head in the tinted

I juhing, "That was amazeballs, dude Put it there" She held her knuckles out Apparently a I patted the top of her knuckles with lared at therowled and drove the van like he was late for his kids’ hockey practice I mocked him behind his back with sneers Luce s to have a stroke"

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, well I woulda had a stroke, if I tried to jump that fence My ankle is still sore and I’reat to me My mom is really out of shape"

My h to be your ainst his dark hair, "Sorry You knohat I lared at him, "How old is your mother?"

He sed and looked at Luce for help, "Uhm… she’s forty-three She enty-one when she had ether My best mom friend was forty-five

I snarled, "Whatever"

Luce looked back, "My mom’s fifty if that makes you feel better"

I shook ed, "Did you hot-wire that car?"

I grinned at that, "I did"