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“Vinnie, take Savannah to the basement,” Falcon says.
“I’m not leaving you,” I say.
Falcon looks at me sternly. “You’ll do as I say, Savannah. Is that clear?”
Vinnie darts his gaze at Falcon, and I see in his eyes that he doesn’t like Falcon’s command.
I step between them. “Vinnie, don’t. He’s only thinking of me. I’ll go with you. We can’t risk anyone seeing you. If Dad and Grandpa know you’re here…” I shake my head. “I don’t want to think about what will happen.”
Vinnie glares at Falcon. “Fine. I’m doing this for her. For safety.”
“Good. I’m doing it for both of yours.”
Leif gestures. “That door leads to the basement.”
I nod, give Falcon a quick kiss, and follow my brother through the door.
15
FALCON
Leif goes to the door, looks through the peephole. “It appears to be the cops,” he says.
“Then I suppose you’d better open up, because if you don’t, they’re going to come in anyway.”
“I need to see your badges,” Leif says through the door. “Give me your names and your badge numbers so I can check you out.”
“For Christ’s sake…” one of them growls.
“It’s okay, Bernie. He’s just being cautious,” the other says. “I’m Deputy Brent Mays from the sheriff’s office. My badge number is…”
I stop listening as they both rattle off their names and badge numbers. Leif taps on his phone, and a few minutes later, he looks at me.
“They’re legit.”
I nod.
He opens the door. “Hello, Deputies. Thank you for your patience.”
“Who are you?”
“Leif Ramsey. I rented this place for the next couple of months.”
“Do you have documentation?”
“I did it through an app. I can pull up the information.”
“Don’t bother. We’re here for him.” One of the deputies nods to me.
I try not to react. “What the hell did I do?”
One of the cops looks at me. “You Falcon Bellamy?”
“Yeah.”
He shoves a warrant in my face. “You’re under arrest. For parole violation and on suspicion of the murder of Abel Kuhlman.”
“That was self-defense,” I say.
