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"Eventually," Dad adds, picking up the thread, "when it was clear eren’t handing Eli over to them, they sent the list"

Cyrus slides a piece of paper in front ofDad e The naoes down the line of the wives of club o after wos are out straight, his arms crossed over his chest, and it’s one of the rare times he won’t make eye contact "When holy hell broke out over Emily and her mom before I went to prison, the Riot went after club members After I lost custody of Emily when I went to prison, they decided to make it personal"

My hand sla shot seriously? I saw the "

He lifts his dark eyes and the regret swiether and we got it five minutes before your mother called We didn’t even have it co tailed out of the parking lot"

"Why did they leave the code with Mom? She wasn’t Terror"

The room falls silent and all eyes are on Dad Finally, he speaks "They wanted ured I would find it in her car if they abducted her, or if they did ht I’d find it in the aftermath The Riot wanted me to know that I couldn’t save the woman I loved from them They wanted to show that they were in control, that they held the power"

"Razor," Eli says, "I would have handed myself over on a daiven the chance Yourshot"

My body sways as if I’ve been sucked into an undertow Mychance and she drove away from help to save nore the raw ache in o over to save herself?"

Dad and Eli shrug their shoulders to show that they’re both haunted by the unknown

"She died on i with her while the rest of us tore off to try to catch up She told your dad that they were couess is that they tried to cut her off at the bridge to force her out of the car and that’s when she went over Maybe she lost control of the car Maybe she saw that as her best chance at life I’m sorry, but we don’t know"

Fear My ers tunnel inthe physical pain can soony away "Why not tell me? Why lie to me about how she died?"