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When he walked back in, Cannon joined them "Good show today, Armie You impressed Jude"

"Wasn’t my intent to impress anyone" He hadn’t altered his workout except to add the extra sparring Jude had requested

Grinning, Cannon said, "You did anyway"

While he dressed, Justice and Leese said their farewells and took off, leaving Armie and Cannon alone in the showers

"Rissy called," Cannon said "I asked her to check in every so often"

"How’s she doing?"

"All right, I guess But she’s too stubborn to tell er coainst the locker "I can’t get it out of my head"

"I’m there with you" The fact that someone had manhandled Rissy, threatened her, kept an uneasy turbulence churning inside Armie "Any word from the detectives?"

"Not yet, no" Cannon turned his head to face Armie "You were there You think it’s possible it was more than a robbery?"

Over and over, it had played in Aruy seemed to make a beeline for Rissy I’d just noticed that he closed the door on her office when the other guy pulled the gun But I don’t see how that setup helped theer, but why separate her from the others?"

"I don’t know" Cannon sat on the bench and pulled on his shoes "I have a bad feeling about it"

Cannon had a lot of contacts on the street, butthe rec center Whether or not those contacts would be of use for a bank robbery, Armie didn’t know Thanks to their combined efforts, these days there was less crime and more enterprise But on the outskirts of their small town, the criminal element still thrived "You have feelers out?"

"Yeah And I know Reese and Logan are on it But I’ to rest easy until they catch the bastards"

"And until that happens, Rissy’s going to keep checking in with you?"

Cannon shrugged "She’s understanding about it"

"She knows you love her"

Cannon went quiet again, then said, "Thanks for keeping an eye on her last night I appreciate it"

Armie almost choked "No proble holy hell about his sis being alone with someone of his ilk But then, he probably had no idea that Rissy had peeled off her pants, insisted on sleeping plastered against hiaht craain--"

"I’ll look out for her," Arht was best to protect her--even if ither from him "You know that"

"Yeah" Cannon watched hiears "I’ what Jude has to say"

Ar to be some idiotic promo shit they want me to do" And he hated it Not the ca and pony shoasn’t his way