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“Son of a bitch,” Erik o to toss the ball to hi over toto do?”
I shrug sort of helplessly as Bishop gathers in as well “Pepper didn’t want to press charges Thought it ht inflame Lida I just want her to leave us alone It’s clear she’s not right in the head and I hope to God the court sees it that hen the case gets heard”
“When is that?” Erik asks
“Week after next,” I tell him
He nods and opens hisbut all three of us whip around e hear tires screeching Down the street, one block away, is a gray truck turning the corner so fast that smoke burns from the tires The truck slides, fishtails and then coun and the truck jumps forward
It coht down the street toward us and atch with interest then horror as it veers left, hops the curb and bounces over concrete speed bu lot
“Fuck,” Bishop yells as atch the truck in both apprehension and fascination “That’s Tacker”
The s are tinted but yes, I recognize his big beast of a Ford F-450 He punches the gas, the engine revs, and the truck shoots forward again It veers back and forth in a crazy pattern before setting a course straight for the ce dock to the arena
For ato do so space in front of the barriers but instead the engine screaas
“N-o-o-o-o,” I yell helplessly at the truck and all three of us watch as the front end plows into the immovable concrete The truck is rill and hood cru in I can’t see in past the tinted s and I hope to fuck the airbags deployed
The three of us go sprinting toward the wreckage and torkers fro
Erik rounds the back of the truck first and jerks the driver’s door open Tacker is leaning back against the seat, his face awhich did indeed deploy
My eyes immediately scan his body and it doesn’t look like the dashboard encroached on his body I was afraid we’d be staring at two crushed legs, which would be a career-ending injury
Tacker is out of it and as the three of us push inward to check hi off hiainst the headrest and he’s blabbering some nonsensical stuff
Bishop releases the seat belt and puts his hand against Tacker’s face “Tacker…are you okay?”