Two Black SUVs Rolled Into My Aunt’s Backyard

her eyes once. Opened them. “Tell me what to do.”

“Take Ethan downstairs. Stay with him.”

She nodded and went.

Pierce moved beside me. “You sure you should be point? He asked for you.”

“Exactly.”

“That’s not always a reason.”

“It’s enough of one.”

He held my eyes for a second, then let it go. “Rules are rules. If he shows, you don’t freelance.”

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