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“Yeah,” Dalton said “Listen, about that kid you guys had with you… the one with the weird eyes?”

“Have you seen hiers at Ronan to keep hi the room I put the phone on speaker

“Yeah, he’s with me”

“What?” I asked in surprise

“I picked hi to the interstate”

“Thank God,” I muttered as I sat down on the bed “Where are you? We’ll come to you”

“Um, yeah, well…”

“What?” I asked at Dalton’s hedging

“He only agreed to get in e I tried to find out why, but he won’t talk to me Just told me to take him to the nearest bus station I asked him if he even had money for a bus ticket”

“What did he say?” I asked I knew Silver likely didn’t have any money

“Said it wasn’t a problem Said he’d be able to earn some”

I sed hard because I knew exactly how the youngto earn it

“Don’t take hiet him We’ll talk to him”

Dalton was silent for a ree to come with o, so I wanted to call you to give you a heads-up”

“You’re taking him home with you?” I asked

“Well, I wasn’t going to let hiet money for a bus ticket,” Dalton snapped

Dalton’s agitation surprised er – he was more of a slow burn type as likely to shut down before blowing up “What are you planning to do with him, Dalton?” I asked

“No fucking clue,” the man muttered Dalton lowered his voice “But the kid is ree to coive him the money he would have earned at the bus station”

“I don’t understand,” I said

“He thinks I’ht, Jace,” Dalton said in a harsh whisper