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“Get up!” I said

Nicky grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet He said, “We have an audience”

“We’re being filmed, Petra,” Ethan said

I looked for TV crews, but it was cell phones, s the scene, or as much as the police would let them The state cops who had still been in the area had appeared like e the crowd

Leduc ca, “You were supposed to keep this fro!”

“You kicked them out, remember,” I said

“We could have kept this fro if we’d been here,” Ethan said

Ourmeant he was as upset as the rest of us He’d spent hours talking to Bobby, and noas all for nothing Leduc pushed into Ethan the way he had with Milligan and Custer earlier, shoving his bulk in against the slenderer man

“Well, now he’s not going anywhere except thehere”

I’d had enough, or et I didn’t care about to aie and frustration at Whatever the case, I pushed between the Leduc back from Ethan, and yelled, “It’s your damn jail, and you’ve had two of your deputies shoot at your prisoner What kind of fucked-up shit show are you running here, Duke?”

He drove all that weight and extra height into me, actually forced me backith his bulk I pushed back with my hands so I touched him first You don’t do that when teht He shoved me hard, and I was off balance, so I stuhtme back

I screao!” and he had to do it

Milligan and Custer grabbed rabbed Leduc

Custer yelled, “Boss!”

I struggled, but I didn’t fight them I had thatover Bobby You want to blao around!”