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The kid and his father had disappeared, probably back into the house for safety

I shoved Caleb into the passenger seat of the car and ripped the gun frooing into shock Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to deal with any of that because I could hear sirens in the distance I hurried to the driver’s side, scanning the surrounding houses as I did so I shook my head at the clusterfuck I’d just been thrust into

I was on the phone before I even got the car started

“Go,” Daisy said I could hear the distinctive clicking of her keyboard in the background My tea if not efficient

A fact I was grateful for

“It’s Jace I’m at a house on the corner of Crescent and Maple in Bethesda I’ve just wounded two cops I need you to scrub any video footage ofhouses”

To her credit, the girl didn’t react other than to say, “On it”

“Thanks,” I said, and hung up on her I knew it probably wouldn’t do uy he’d been holding the gun on had recognized hiet rid of as et their hands on it

“Who is he?” I snapped at Caleb

But he didn’t answerlike a leaf He had his arms around his body He hadn’t even removed his backpack

“Caleb!” I practically shouted

He didn’t even react It was like he didn’t hear hborhood Several police cars raced past us from the opposite direction, but fortunately, none turned to come after us

It otten a look at my car

Fuck, I’d shot cops Yeah, I’d made sure to only wound them, but still…

“Fuck!” I bit out in frustration I was nored to stay calht of how close Caleb had co me crazy If I’d been just a few seconds later…

“He promised,” Caleb whispered “He promised”

I looked at Caleb and saw that he’d started rocking back and forth He just kept repeating the words over and over again

As pissed as I was, reater I reached over to settle my hand on his knee “Hey, look at me,” I said