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“That’s my call, not yours”

She shrugged “Suit yourself Sheriff, surely you are going to lock that Wilde girl up”

Byrd put his arm around her “No arrest yet, doll I need her account of what happened Sunday So you can see why I’d like to stay put in case Lucille wakes up”

The lady smiled “I do, Sheriff You can stay” The she pointed at Brandon and his dad “They must leave And if you ask me, I think it’s odd that Alex is here He’s the one that brought that woman to our town in the first place”

Byrd nodded “I couldn’t agree more Supposedly Dr Champion has an ironclad alibi He was at the clinic in Wilde at the tiate to make sure there aren’t any holes in his claim”

She whispered, “You think he ht be the attacker, Sheriff?”

“Him or the Wilde woman Maybe both,” the asshole answered

“You ready to make an arrest, Byrd?” Brandon said between clenched teeth God, he hated that man One day the fucker would slip up, and he wanted to be there when that happened

“Not yet It just isn’t right to have him here since he is still a suspect in Lucille’s attack”

Dr Vines turned to Byrd The auburn beauty snapped, “That’s my call, Sheriff I need Dr Chaested, I think it would be best if you all leave”

Lucille coughed several tiain and muttered several words, but the only ones that were discernible chilled Brandon’s bones “Wilde girl did this”

Shelby was in trouble Real trouble

Lucille’s eyes opened and then she had another round of deep, awful coughing All of them could see the blood on her lips

What happened next filled him with dread

Lucille stopped breathing