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But even if I hadn’t known that stuff, I still would’ve known those guys out there were bad news The gunshot must have come from them I didn’t want to think about whether they’d already shot someone

I held Taylor’s shoulders She started to say soain, but I shook h so I could pull outI texted Mason instead My phone buzzed back in seconds Got it Co

I showed Taylor the text, then pointed to et inside

She shook her head

I pointed again

She shook her head again

I thought about carrying her in there, but could tell froo for that As if sensing what I was thinking, she crossed her ar what to do when I caught a tear in the corner of her eye Her hand whisked up and brushed it away as quickly as it had appeared She raised her chin, and her eyes cut to the gate

She wasn’t hiding I rolled inning that she had trau back I wanted to swoop in and take her hoht at Blaze’s party, but I refrained, a very unLoganlike quality

But tonight, after hearing what she went through, I kneorth it I’d been right to oing to hide I couldn’t begrudge her that Delray was her friend, her family If it had been Nate, Mason, or Sam--no fucker would hold me back

I gave her a reluctant nod Her relief was evident immediately Her arms dropped from her chest, and she nodded back to me I saw the silent thanks on her face

I looked back to the gate I didn’t knohat Mason was planning He did the planning and I did the talking Then we both did the busting I figured I could improvise until he showed up I could feel Taylor’s anxiousness behindfor h the little hole No one was leaving A few of the guys sat on the curb A couple sat on two abandoned cars, and Delray was still s hi for soe my hand and looked down Taylor had typed out an unsent text e to ht’ve called theht think he’ll narc on them

Her forehead wrinkled, and she nodded She wrote back, Mason is co? That’s your plan?