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“You havin’ a party over there without me, Ford?” Colm asked

I let out a breathy laugh and checked ood

To make a sharp turn, I had to cross the corner of a sidewalk, and I winced, narrowly avoiding driving into a trash can and possibly a few pedestrians

“If one jumps outta the car, you take the runner,” I told Colm and retrieved my personal phone

“Copy that,” he replied

I located Eric’s number and pressed call before I activated the speaker I already had a dozen texts fro updates

“What’s your status?” Eric demanded, all business

“Requesting backup,” I replied and sniffed again It was starting to hit hborhood ere in, while I swerved onto a new street with enough force to get et soreat too, ’cause I’m not sure we can pull this off without detection”

“We have three cops on hold—I’ll redirect their routes,” Eric said “Do you want them to interfere?”

“Not at the moment—shite Colm, we’re both up!” I rushed out the words and pulled up on the curb “They’re taking off on foot”

“Right behind you,” he answered

Before I could exchange another ith Eric, I jumped out of my car, slammed the door shut, then sprinted down an alley and pressed the lock button on the fob I’d kill a irl

I’d grown attached

“Where the fuck are they going?” I growled

Rage, adrenaline, and bloere a perfect co th and speed to every step Down another street with htclubs in the area

It was also JJ Doyle’s turf, and he ran a tighter ship than his old man ever could back when he was the crew boss Which made me wanna rule out ambush