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“Your little boy band isn’t with you”

“They’ve got a potential lead”

“Yay, and you won’t need ht I won’t have to do anything bad”

“We don’t want you to do anything bad anyway We just need your help”

“No, you want one off the rails You think it’s going to be easy for irl in that photo?” She already didn’t like the girl in the photo

That girl got an easy life, and if what Rick said was true, her sister got a hell of a better life than the one she did There was nothing to be happy about

“I don’t want you to be the girl in the photo I want you to be yourself”

“Oh, right, because I’”

“No, it’s because you’re not char She was easily told as going to happen and never, not once, tried to make waves I’m sure she was afraid but she kept it all to herself She became a problem and my brother eliminated her”

“You’reme for someone who cares”

“No, that’s the point Landon, he’s hurting He’s confused and I think you’re going to be able to help hi yourself Landon doesn’t need ht words, or any of that shit He needs the truth No matter how scary it is for him”

“Do you care about him?” she asked

“Yes”

“Then why not leave him be? In all my experience, if a person wants to be found, they will allow themselves to be found They won’t cause this kind of trouble you said he’s causing He doesn’t want to come home”

“He’s got a bounty on his head,” Rick said “By killing his father, my brother, there was a set of actions put in motion My brother decided that if his death looked suspicious, someone would kill the person responsible”