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Half-dazed, he sturabbed his phone He’d missed ten or twelve texts The McCoys had decided it was time for a standoff and they were in Trouble Local law enforce towns had been called in but thanks to Tabor McCoy’s et close enough to Trouble to make a difference
They were on their own
Trevor hurriedly dressed Before he made his way downstairs, he stopped in front of Sable and framed her face with his hands “I want you to listen tofor you, too Whatever he tells you, do it Don’t question it”
“I have to go with you”
“No” Trevor was firht, Sable They will kill you If they’re here for retribution, they want me, they want the McCalls, Nicholas, and anyone else as on that front line the day Tony was killed There’s nothing you can do or say that will change that When soe, they’re eaten up with it and it festers worse than any disease You can’t cure a rabid dog, Sable, any e”
She slowly nodded He gave her a quick kiss and hurried downstairs Before he turned to the door, he looked back once more
“Be careful!” she cried out
He nodded once
“Trevor!” She ran downstairs before he made it outside She threw her arms around his neck and breathed at his ear “I want to love I just don’t kno”
He placed his palm over her heart and smiled “You kno, Sable”
“What if I don’t?” She searched his eyes
They were talking about this now? He sed the lurandfather had once told him “When a woman is ready to talk about love and babies, she’ll talk about it whenever the notion strikes It doesn’tdown to a meal or in a crowded room full of people or in a movie theatre where all is quiet When she takes that notion, she’s gonna talk and you’d best pull up a chair and pay attention Otherwise, you et a second chance later”
Trevor propped his rifle against the porch stoop and turned to the woman who already owned his heart “Sable, you knohat you feel You’re just fighting it”
“I’ood toI know he is andbecause I don’t want him to die At the sah he once loved hter…he would feel…betrayed” She jittered so terrible before she added, “Don’t kill him, Trevor If any of you can save him, save him Don’t kill him because his son was foolish He doesn’t deserve to die by your hands”