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.”…..

Children playing on docks. People living normal lives without fear of violence or extortion. What happens now? Cassidy asked. Now we build something better. Harry put his arm around his daughter’s shoulders. The land’s still good, even if the house was rotten. Maybe we’ll put up a place where Lydia and her little brother can come for summer vacations.

somewhere with good memories instead of bad ones. And Trent, Trent gets to spend the rest of his life in a federal prison, thinking about what happens when you cross a cane. Harry’s voice was calm. Matter of fact, he wanted to play with fire. Now he gets to live with the burns. The fire burned through the night, reducing Trent Huxley’s criminal empire to ash and memory.

Harry Cain stood watch until dawn. A man who didn’t forgive, didn’t forget, and didn’t lose. His family was safe. Justice had been served. The corrupt system that had protected Trent was being dismantled by federal investigators