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ss, his sister Cat, and his nephew Joey No one believed Freddie would deliberately come after anyone, but theabout Freddie’s connection to the Devlins We’d all discussed it at Cooper’s Our favorite theory was that Freddie had done a lot of illegal things for Stu, who shifty about Michael’s presence in town, he’d turned to Stu for help It was possible Stu, the sneaky ass that he had been, hadin the wind if anything ever caht about his criminal activities

But why kill Stu? That was the part that still didn’t make sense

My Led Zeppelin ringtone blared into the rooht

Goddamn it

I was so on edge

Putting down my tools, I slid off the stool and crossed the room to where I’d left my cell on a cabinet It was my dad

“Hey,” I answered He’d been calling every day since the news of Stu’sokay?”

“I’m okay, Bluebell I … uh … I wondered if you’d spoken to Mike lately?”

I frowned “No He’s out looking for Freddie”

“Well, I … uh … look, I know things are coot off the phone with hireat”

Surprised, I took aabout that sentence “You talked with Michael?”

“Yeah”

“How much do you talk to him?”

“Dahlia,” he said, sighing “We don’t talk about you Much And e do, it’s never about whatever is going on with you two I just … he doesn’t have a good dad to talk with I’m here when he needs that”

Elad he has you”