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Matt rocked to a stop in the doorway

A little girl?

How had he ation? Why hadn’t Savannah told him when he asked?

It shouldn’t change anything, but it did

Seeing Savannah with a little girl clinging to her neck as if any iant hole in his chest

He re on to his father’s neck the saht pounce and take his dad from him

And suddenly he didn’t want to witness Savannah being led away in chains, not if it irl had to witness it, as well

“I don’t think it was high-schoolers,” Savannah said, staring daggers at the two cops with poor eating habits “They’ve never tried to break into the house before”

“Well,” one of the cops said, brushing his hands together and readjusting his girth in the sot bold enough to try it”

“I’m sure it’s another prank,” the thin cop said

“A prank!” Savannah nearly yelled “You guys have looked the other way for years, and we’ve accepted that as part of the price of living here and being an O’Neill But sohter’s rooet to from the outside and it’s not even accessible from the back courtyard”

The rage and fear in Savannah’s eyes were real and hot enough to bend steel

“We’ve dusted for prints and we’ll see what it turns up,” Thin Cop said

“And then?” Savannah asked, practically spitting fire Matt could understand her ire Theseher seriously; their disdain was practically written on the walls Suddenly, Margot’s coet around here took on painful ramifications

“And then, if possible, we’ll make some arrests,” Thin Cop said

“And ill you be doing in the meantime? To help protect us as citizens of Bonne Terre? Which, I can’t believe I need to remind you, is your job”