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“No telling where he ht be For all we know, he followed you to the sheriff’s office, knows the heat is on and had no choice but to ditch his car Maybe steal another one and get the hell out of Dodge”

“Dah everyone’s fingers?”

Sam’s arm was around her shoulders and he pulled her a bit closer to hientle squeeze to reassure her, though in truth, Sa to know Willet had set up caitated hi about the bastard Couldn’t go after him on his own

He knew better than to leave Sky, though Not to h head to do exactly what he’d told Sky to do the night she’d explained about Nashville and Willet breaking into her trailer in Luckenbach He’d advised her to shoot hiret it if she aiher and killed him

Sah to know he ot out of hand with Willet and the con er threat to Sky

Shitty position to be in all the way around, and he hoped like hell that the sheriff and his deputies found Willet tonight There was only sohe could do himself

“You just hang in there, darlin’,” he said, trying to coer, I’ll bet—” A flash of ht his eye Saainst his body

“What is it?” she asked in an alarmed voice

“Not sure” He reached for the flashlight in his back pocket and whipped it out The beah the trees to the east and down to the shoreline

“I don’t see anything,” she whispered

He shifted the flashlight and the ray penetrated deeper into the dense forest, still close to the water’s edge

“There,” he said, his gut clenching “It’s a boat”

“The inn rents three of theuests”

“We keep them at the dock,” he ree”

He felt a treh her “Shit”