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“Let’s see, you’re an old man, but can you think back about fifteen years? You didn’t have this eht now, but you did have a partner back then Someone who you relied on Someone who helped you”

Caleb stared at him No one knew about Frank Frank Caraway had been his best friend, or at least he thought he had been They both wanted the sa Power, money, and to instill fear into everyone who said their name Frank was the brother he never had Only, his sister did warn him

Frank had started out being the brother, only to turn against hi, it should have been the two of theet ahead Caleb could fight He was a vicious er to back hihter, but a thinker He’d been the brains Caleb had the brains as well, but he knehere he was best suited at the ti Frank hadn’t been easy He hadn’t enjoyed the experience In fact, it was one of the worst days of his life That had only changed recently when he had to hold his dying sister

Caleb vaguely re Frank hadn’t given two shits about hi to screw the kid’s ree with his friend’s ot involved

“Your father was a piece-of-shit crook”

“You don’t get to talk about un was trained on Caleb

“No!” Grace cried out, but Caleb held his hand up The last thing he wanted right noas for Grace to get hurt

“He didn’t care about you He spent irlfriends he had”

“You don’t know anything about ht of me”

Caleb burst out laughing “Oh, really? All Frank cared about was lining his fucking pockets He was going to ratWere you ever told that? I won that piece of shit nearly fifty thousand, at least I thought I had Your dad, he’d arranged for me to be killed You want to knohy? Because he couldn’t hack it having a partner He decided to getto hiood man He was a piece of shit, and I saved you a lifetime of pain, Bernie, but now, you tookanywhere” Without a second thought, he lifted his weapon and fired, taking Bernie out with a single shot

This man had taken his sister and nearly took out Grace and Ja him He was completely empty Dead inside

Chapter Eleven

Grace took Ja Caleb all the space he needed After he shot and killed Bernie, he’d sat on the edge of the bed, not saying a single word She’d gone to James She’d seen the e boy to be Whatever he was going through, she had to give hi

She had dinner with Ja for him and couldn’t find him, she went back to her bedroo Caleb’s room for the past couple of days, and it had been a lot of fun, but right now, she wanted to give him time

He’d lost his sister, and from the conversation she’d heard with Bernie, he’d lost a lot more