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A screaed to choke it down and speak “Just let her go, please I’ knees if that’s what it took Maggie cried, and he ached to have her in his arain

But Brown yanked Maggie closer to hi now, and I’onna shoot in her vicinity”

“No!” Bile rose in Jason’s throat, terror clawing hi hi Not real Please let me wake up

Ben gritted out, “Leave her alone, you fucking bastard”

Theout “I’ht now, so stop with the na”

“No, please!” Maggie whimpered “Don’t”

“As long as no one does anything stupid, they’ll be just fine, and so will you, honeypie” He backed up “I don’t have no quarrel with a little girl”

Jason’s heart was going to explode through his chest “We won’t tell anyone, I swear!”

“I wish I could believe that But my momma didn’t raise no fool”

“Take ive you any trouble Take me Please”

“Daddy!” Maggie struggled in thehard

“No Daddy, you tell her to ain I hate to make this unpleasant”

“What are you going to do with her? Where are you taking her?” Jason choked down another screaut and fishhooks tearing his skin “Don’t you touch her If you hurt her, I swear to God…”

Brown’s spine went rigid, his chin lifting “What kind of irls” He spat on the ground “I helped give that pervert over in Lupfer a good beatdown before the fucking useless cops caht, ly accusation since I know you’re a little out of sorts right now But watch your y”

The syllables were glass shards on his tongue, but Jason gritted out, “Sorry”