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"It’s nice tohis hat lower onto his head

I give a quick glance in Stale’s direction and cock my brow "Does he know I can’t speak?"

Stale nods "I briefed hiuage, too," Brooks adds "But I’ to have to use a pen and paper for a while"

I’m not sure what to make of the situation Stale said Brooks was the son of one of Elderman’s men, but he isn’t what I expected He looks too much like a pretty boy with his blonde hair and nice clothes Considering how rough-looking lances back into the rearview mirror at Brooks "So, what’s the update? You said you had some news in your text"

"Yeah,about a warehouse last night," Brooks replies, leaning forward and resting his arms on the console "I overheard hi about one in a town about an hour away froht shifts to green, and Stale drives forward, giving a quick glance behind hi lanes

"No And he wouldn’t, either," Brooks says matter-of-factly "He’s always careful when he talks on the phone, neverspecifics or names"

Stale turns up the speed of the wiper blades as rain sla to flood, and the sidewalks are turning into streams "Have you by chance searched the towns about an hour away from here?"

"Yeah There’s about five" He pauses "But, honestly, I’m not sure the toould show up on a map"

"And why’s that?"

"Because"--he reclines back in the seat and stares out the --"I’ve heard my father talk about the place a couple of times, and I don’t know, the stuff that happens there it just seems like, if it were a real town, they’d all be in jail"

"They could be paying people off," I sign to Stale "Donny did that with soas"

"Yeah, that could very well be a possibility" Stale scratches his head as he pulls the car to the end ofto look into the cities within an hour of Laramie and see what I can find" He parks the car a ways from my place, near the corner in front of a home Then he rotates in his seat "As for the two of you working together, I want you to be careful No discussing anything important where anyone can hear you"