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The reet hi “This is Robert at the front gate Sir, federal agents just entered the property They have a warrant”

I kept ht man as he tossed the clipboard inside the truck That document ensured I’d protected myself So why did I have this horrible sense of dread?

The clipboard guyhim because he was halfway into the cab when he turned to look at me He smiled, yanked off his hat, and chucked it into the truck,brown hair spill out around his shoulders

Those bulletproof vests were so bulky, and the uniforms masculine, I’d just assumed the whole creere men Plus, I hadn’t paid any attention to them, hadn’t bothered to really look at their faces If I had, I would have recognized my niece much sooner

Now, it was too late

The world began to close in around er up atat her offensive finger and the oversized atch she wore dangling on her arm

That had beenover the clipboard and pen Just like the contents of that truck had been ned over custody

She’d cracked erfield safe in a few hours It’d take her much less tin had provided Everything inside was hers to keep, destroy, or turn over to the authorities

In the blink of an eye, my fortune had been stolen from me

When I took a step toward her, she jerked the door closed, and the truck lurched forward I’d given theate, and the driver was intent on following them Maybe the rest of the team had no idea who she was or what she had planned, but I did

I chased after the truck as it sped off, screaravel had been dragged across the everything I needed to start over grew smaller and disappeared behind the line of trees that obscured the back exit