My 6-year-old granddaughter phoned me in panic just after midnight. “Mommy says the baby is coming! Help!” I asked, “Where’s daddy?” She answered, “He k!cked mommy’s tummy and left.”…..

She lived but barely. Spinal cord damage. Uses a wheelchair now. What happened to Trent?” Timonss rode it up as an accident. said Jenny must have swerved into oncoming traffic. Trent got a slap on the wrist for driving under the influence. Delmare took a long pull from his beer. Been waiting for the right time to settle that score.

Consider this the right time, Harry said. You in? Hell yes, I’m in. What do you need? Information mostly vehicle sabotage when the time comes. You know trucks better than anyone in three counties. I can make a truck disappear or break down exactly when you need it to. Delmare’s smile was thin and cold.

What else? I need someone inside Trent’s social circle. Someone who knows where he keeps his money, who he trusts, what makes him paranoid. Try June Callaway runs the bar at the copper mine in. She dated Trent a few years back before he married Cassidy. He still drinks there most nights. Shoots his mouth off when he’s had too many. Harry made a mental note.

Anyone else I should know about? Marshall Irwin lives in that trailer park east of town. Army medic in Afghanistan. Came back with PTSD and a drinking problem. Lost his house, wife, everything. You pulled him out of debt during the recession. Gave him work when nobody else would. Man’s got loyalty and he hates bullies.

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