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Nash sighed, seeing on his brothers’ faces the shock he felt himself “Now do you believe me?” Nash knew it down to his bones Soh, while he suspected Clint had soh not to say the bastard’s name

Shep’s lips pressed into a firm line “Before I had doubts, but now” He cocked his head “Darryl really said it was our beef?”

Nash nodded

“Well, fuck,” Chase et through the company”

“Yeah, no shit,” Nash agreed

There was a long pause Emma stared at all of them for answers that no one seean there And yet, at the saht her father was behind this

His chest began to tighten Air seemed impossible to inhale

The loaded silence continued, filled with so many unanswered questions, until Chase asked, “Hoe even begin to fix this?”

They all looked to Emma

She gave a tight sht?”

Shep slid an arm around her “It is your area of expertise, beautiful”

She sainst her lip “All right Here’s e’ll do” Bright-eyed, she glanced between them “We contact the newspaper”

Nash snorted “We’re trying to avoid the media, Emma, not seek them out”

“But that could bite us in the ass,” she countered “We need to get ahead of this story and control the narrative So, let’s contact that reporter who did such an aive her a quote that we take thisfully and will report our findings e have them”

Chase frowned “Is that wise? What if it comes back that the meat was actually contaminated?”