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“They don’t belong to you, Annie”

“You’ll see When Julie is gone, they’ll co on the wrong side of the tracks”

Carl slapped his cell phone closed He mumbled all sorts of profanity under his breath When he turned around, he discovered the shock of a lifetie flashed in front of his face “Carl Carlton, you’re under arrest for the murders of several race car drivers If we can’tmoney, and the attempted murder of Julie Jenkins”

About that tiuy Carl often saith Julie walked up the sidewalk, an easy lope to his gait Flashing a plastic case housing a DVD, the old h to place security cae bay You tried to kill her, and if I had ht now”

The agent with the badge took a few steps toward him “I need your hands in the air”

Hank Hinman appeared from the other direction There were camera crews behind him

Carl sneered Without a doubt, he was going down But he wasn’t leaving there without a fight

“You couldn’t let this be a private matter?” Carl called out

“Not a chance, Carl It became a public when Julie nearly died on a televised event,” Hank said, bitterness and hatred in every word “What excuse do you have, Carl? Didn’t shethe nu should’ve earned her your loyalty, but it wasn’t enough, huh?” A beat later, he added, “For guys like you, it never is”

Julie and Duke walked out of the house then Julie looked as fresh as an inexperienced virgin actually penetrated for the first time Duke extended his arm and pushed her back behind him “What’s this all about, Hank?”

Hank’s nose twitched “We’ll explain later Ain’t got the tiht now”

Duke shrugged “As long as you have this under control”

“I got this,” he assured him

“If you say so,” Duke

said, a troubled look in his eye “Let’s go, Julie”