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Watching a man bleed to death was new to me He moaned and cursed a lot Thatenough to get hi to be too ht un ready in case this was backup for Franco The sight of the faed to Cope was a relief, since Franco onna tellon?" Rush asked, as he walked back out of the house after having barreled into it looking for Nan and now findingman

"Nope Can’t," I told hi ht want to hurry it on up Don’t think he’s gonna last er"

Cope -ass strides tohere ere "Why’s Finlay here?" he barked at me

"Nan called him"

"Where is she? Is she OK?"

I nodded at Rush "Ask him"

"She’s terrified, sick, and in her rooht about telling him not to talk to Cope that way, because Cope was a un cocked and loaded, so I figured it was all good

"Sick?" Cope asked suddenly, sounding a little too concerned Was he forgetting that I had a dying man here with info he needed? Jesus

"Yes, but that’s expected after she’s witnessed all this What is going on?" Rush replied

Cope turned his attention to Franco "Put him in the bed of the truck I don’t want him to bleed on my shit" Then he walked toward the front door like he owned it

"Who the fuck are you?" Rush was pissed now No one ever ignored Rush, and this was a first for him

"A friend I’d like to see Nan," Cope responded, calonna want to see you She knows about the surveillance and shit I got mad and left her a note"

Cope shot me a look "And when I had the place cleaned, the note was destroyed, duht he’d still have the cameras and shit to clean up by then "That explains her confusion when I referred to you as Cope She does no your name is Cope, not Gannon"

He turned back to Rush "I need to see Nan"

"You need to tell me who the fuck you are first," Rush said