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She took a deep breath, then told them about the call and the demand for Kendall’s flash drive and phone

“I was going to tell you all of this at Harvest, but then ot blown up”

“You knew all of this and took off after this guy anyway?” Hank smacked his head with his hand as he hollered “Do you have some kind of death wish?”

“Hank, stop acting like uy is tied to Kendall Isn’t it worth so?”

“It’s not worth your life”

The worried look on Hank’s face shut her up She’d scared him when she’d run after the killer To be honest, now that the adrenaline had leaked out of her systeht first, she’d let iain

She wouldn’t actually tell Hank she had acted reckless No, confession went against the little sister code Instead, she hobbled over and gave hi He squeezed her back She was sorry He understood

“All right, all right Enough PDA here” Hank gave her a quick peck on the forehead and headed toward Harvest

She shuffled, hopped, shuffled down the alley to keep her weight off her injured foot It felt like she’d been stung by a bee the size of a mountain lion, but wouldn’t cripple her for life

Hank, already ahead, didn’t notice her discoy back?”

She aardly pulled herself up onto Chris’ back Glancing back at Jake, she saw he hadn’t

lay bare on his face

For her? For her crazy but loving family?

He caught her staring and the eh his short black hair and looked into the distance

A pang of regret squeezed her chest