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He bounded up fro to his brother's side

Snips' led, bloody body lay in the snow

The Vegas loan shark blinked up at the two men “Help…me”

A rage unlike anything he'd ever known overtook Sam “You killed her, you bastard!”

He wrapped his hands around Snips' throat, channeling all of his fury into the act of squeezing the life out of theinto the ainst the bones of his trachea

Snips gasped and squirmed under the pressure, but Sam held on If he couldn't save Josie, he sure as hell would avenge her

“Stop!” Hank bellowed into his ear and pried him away from his prey

Sam landed with a thump on his ass in the snow and bounded up i his return Enraged, Sale the life out of Snips, but Hank ran interference, knocking him on his ass three times

But he refused to give up; he'd failed her too

The brothers grappled, elbows and fists flying Sa fir up in that car because of hi to kill him Just walk away”

“Not…dead,” Snips croaked out froround “She ran…to the bluff”

“I' sack of shit”

Hank wriggled out of the headlock “If she did, she had to have left tracks Let's go look, you andanywhere”

Calling a temporary truce, the brothersfor footprints, starting near where the cruiser had coht on top of a size-ten boot print He held his breath and closed his eyes, praying to God when he opened them that the indentation in the snoould still be there

It was