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You, he thought, you could do it

But he wasn’t here to defend them, not any more than he had He was here for answers and so far, Cheryl and Doug had been more help than all three O’Neill women combined

“So where is Vanessa?” Matt asked, even though he knew Or had known

“No one’s seen her in years,” Doug said

“Oh,” Cheryl laughed “Just because she ain’t been seen doesn’t mean she’s not around Trouble, that one Worse than all the others put together Her and that husband of hers”

Matt’s head spun “Husband?”

“Richard so before the kids ended up in Bonne Terre”

There was a thump behind them, the old host

“That will be two hundred twelve dollars and thirty-two cents,” Doug said Matt blinked, stunned to see all of his stuff in bags and Doug ss about Savannah o

“Hold on there, Doug Add two bags of ready-o around back to get them”

“Ah…no problem,” Matt said and took out his wallet

“I got it fro walked off He said he was going to check on fishing rods, but the safe bet was Doug findingwhat they did best

Matt put hishard into Matt’s eyes

“Don’t listen to ood people Don’t deserve what’s been done to them”

Don’t hurt us Don’t hurt us more than we’ve been hurt

“What’s been done to them?”

“They been left, boy Tiain, they been left and that will s”