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Harley, Mac, and Curt were in one car Everyone else ith Ryan Allister silently agreed with Markie Ryan wasn’t Allister’s choice for a driver, but Bradley ith him With his sister’s and lover’s lives on the line, Bradley wouldn’t tolerate anything less than an aggressive pursuit

“Everyone on group text?” Allister asked, glancing behind him

“You’re askin’ me?” Markie shook his head “Fine tiirls are out there Step on it!”

“Shh, Markie I can’t hear” Draegan held out the phone and hit the speaker option “Say that again, Bane”

“Heather was on the line with Justin While the others were sending texts to you guys, she called the eency line Conversation on both sides was pretty clear We’ll play it back for you here shortly My guys are going over it now She see to do with the Vance brothers Any idea why?”

“That doesn’t an said “I talked to this Mr Jones long enough to know he’s well spoken and intelligent I don’t see hi around with any of the Vance brothers”

“Did Heather indicate why she thought they ht be involved?” Allister asked

“As if we’d need to ask,” Draegan said, stepping into his condescending role of self-appointed boss Whenever there was an eet Jims or Toms Vance on the line?”

“Already tried We were sending guys out to interview Toms Get this The warden said Toms was unavailable, sick in fact He’s quarantined now, some sort of suspicious flu”

“What the fuck?” Allister’s veins burned with his rage “You call that warden up personally and let him know that we don’t care if Toms is on his deathbed Then you drive out and talk to him”

“Toan said in a threatening voice

Allister guided their sedan in and out of traffic “Where the fuck a?”

“Right now you’re driving into the thick of things,” Markie pointed out “Pull over and wait for Harley” He held his head high and looked around as if he were seeing the world through a child’s eyes

“Harley is in front of us, Markie!” Draegan shook his finger at the windshield “For the love of God, please try to pay attention”