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“I didn’t knohat you told irl Wouldn’t make sense to upset her if there was no need, ya know?”

Duke rubbed his jaw “I’ll ride out to Ole La”

“I doubt it,” Frank told him “Place is closed until suppertiot there Only vehicle there was Hank’s truck” A beat later he said, “And Sa with his cell phone”

Now Duke was concerned Hank seldoers without his cell phone in his pocket “Watch after Julie, will ya?”

“You got it,” Frank promised

Duke hurried outside, yanked his phone free from his pocket, and dialed Hank His voicethe ti into town

On the third try, he left a onna hurt youby now Frank’s concerned” Hell, he orried, too He picked up the phone and called hie, he said, “I’m concerned Call me”

Tossing the phone aside, he clutched the steering wheel and headed for Riverside Minutes later, when he pulled into the parking lot, he was greeted by Sam McMann, and his suspicions rose from there

Yanking the keys frolove box and retrieved a s down the , he drove up to the Hinain, Sa him as he spoke Had they hired so Julie? Had they entrusted her care, the engineering of a car they’d insisted she drive, in her enemy’s hands?

“I need to talk to you,” he said suspiciously

“So talk,” Duke said, placing his hand on the butt of the gun

“We’ve got a problem”

“You don’t say,” Duke said, glancing at his brother’s truck

“It’s Frank,” Sa with, “I know you trust him—”

“Withto listen to this If Hank were there, he’d cut the guy’s tongue out for trying to cast a negative light on soround Julie tread across