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Then again, the only difference between him and Luciano was he had never crossed that line.
Being in Harlow, meeting Sarah, he’d seen a world so far from the one he’d known. Killing this man, however evil, would be a backward step away from everything he’d escaped the day he decided to stay in this town.
The sirens grew louder. The sheriff was less than a minute away.
Dean stepped back but kept the Glock in position, his retreat a sign that Luciano could exit the car. The man shoved his door open and a flood of water rushed in; he waited, then battled the current and mud until he fell to his knees on the banks.
Luciano pressed a hand over his black pants pocket.
“Hold still.” Dean stepped closer. “Or I’ll put a bullet in your head.”
“Calm down, you fucking maniac.” Luciano shook his pocket until a water-logged cell phone fell out onto the wet grass beside him. He peered up at Dean and gave a crooked smile. “Looks like I can’t call off the dogs. You’ll have to go to the bar and get her yourself.”
Dean ground his teeth together just in time for a flood of light to hit him from behind, the sheriff’s siren now blaring in his ears. His own car might have been banged up, but it was at least still drivable. “You never should have dropped Sarah into this mess. If something has happened to her, sheriff or not, I’ll come back here and put a bullet in each one of your vital organs.”
Sensing the sheriff behind him, he stepped back, but in typical Luciano style, the man couldn’t help but get in the last word. “You gotta be quick, Mr. Holloway. I hear they’re keeping her in a freezer.”
