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They drove around the corner, Saht They waited a few htly above and behind the truck before driving past the corner house, stopping so that the flatbed and covered Faux Ghost cast a long shadow onto the paved street If everything worked as planned, anyone looking at the much else but the silhouette “Loosen up the tarp on your side and et both et to your mother”

“What do I do if they see you?”

“Their attention’s going to be on the car I’ll be inside the cab with theopen, watching over your shoulder Don’t forget, the sun’ll be in their eyes”

Chad got out, unclipped the tarp, pulled it off, stood in front of the driver’s door, turned the speaker on his phone to low so that Sam could hear the call “The Gray Ghost is here,” he said when they answered

“Where? The only cars I see in front of your mother’s house are ours”

“Look up the hill”

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Aa cell phone to his ear with one hand, the other hand in his right jacket pocket, probably gripping a gun He looked up the hill, squinting in the sunlight, then turned back toward the house “Frank! Get out here!” A second man walked out, Chad’shis eyes with his left hand, saying so the lorry closer”

Sam tapped Chad on the shoulder as a reminder “No,” Chad ordered “Not until you send my mother into the house After that, walk up the hill The car’s yours”

Theso funny”

“I just want my mum safe”

Theto his partner, who, in turn, said so to Chad’s mother At first, she seemed reluctant to leave, but eventually she returned inside the house

“Remi,” Sam said softly “She’s on her way”

“I’ for her”

When the woman closed the front door, the second man dropped his phon