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“I came as soon as you called me, Duke,” Newman said

“I know that You always co another lawman to call e needed backup”

“You kneas on the job, Troy You should have let me handle it”

“But you weren’t handling it, Win You called in Blake to help you save the ner said

“If I did that to Uncle Raymond, then I am a monster, and I deserve to die” Bobby sat up on the bunk, huddling the blanket around hi shot atto kill him, then we needed to find him more to wear

Leduc pointed at hirees with me”

“I said if I did it, Duke I haven’t had a complete blackout in over ten years I remember what I do when I’ed back that night, and none of it includes hurting Uncle Raymond”

“We found you covered in his blood, Bobby,” Wagner said, and his voice sounded like he was crying now

“I can’t explain that, but I wouldn’t hurt my uncle I wouldn’t hurt anyone I ith JocelynAsk her She’ll tell you that she left ”

“Joshie hasn’t stopped crying since she found her stepdaddy’s body in a pool of blood She was so hysterical, they had to sedate her,” Leduc said

“I would re me of, Duke”

Wagner said, “I can’t stop seeing Jocelyn kneeling on the floor, cradling her daddy, blood everywhere, her screa”

“Are you saying that Jocelyn was the one who found Uncle Raymond?” Bobby asked

“Yeah,” Wagner said, looking over his shoulder at the other man

Bobby Marchand looked stricken That was the only word I had for it “God, that’s awful”