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.”…..

But that also made it predictable. Corrupt men were always vulnerable because they had to protect too many secrets. “You know all this, but you never did anything about it,” Harry observed. Delmare’s face hardened. “My sister Jenny was driving home from her night shift 2 years ago. Trent was coming back from the casino, drunk off his ass, and rammed her car headon.

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.