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I looked at Emma

"I’ll watch her, sir"

I couldn’t take the call with that man in here I shook my head and pointed at the man "No, I’ll stay Take hiestured to two of the guards and ordered, "Take him outside Stay with hian to back up He looked all around hi on? I don’t like this I didn’t agree to any of this--"

The uide hied him When they lifted him in the air instead, he started to kick at them

"Help! Andrea--" he yelled

"Shut Up" I held the phone against my chest "It’s a phone call Your woman is safe You came to us Not the other way around"

Sweat covered his forehead and da between the two guards ere holding him "I--"

I didn’t care and waved them on outside The men continued on their path and shut the door behind theo out there and silence him myself That would’ve been uncivilized He was the weaker one here This washe’d heard about me in the media, but there was a way to deal with fear He was like a frightened little boy I didn’t have ti from the phone, I lifted it to my ear "This is not the best time"

"You’re still in town?"

"And how do you know that?"

"I asked your ness in his voice, I clutched the phone tighter "I willhed "You sound like a grizzly bear waiting to attack What’s got you worked up? It couldn’t be the police chief?"

I looked up,We ran into a swith the elders"

I was quiet for aHe’d said earlier that he needed to watch the elders Noas ame with the elders