One Night Standoff
“Not about this, anyway.
“Get him out of here,” Clayton told Cutter and the other ranch hand, Ray. “And make sure he’s off the ranch and doesn’t come back.”
Clayton caught one last glimpse of Quentin’s smile. A smile he wanted to dissolve to dust, but he forced himself to remember that Quentin was just the messenger. Yeah, he could still be guilty all the way up to his eyeballs, but he wasn’t lying now.
He waited until Cutter and Ray had the man out of his sight, and Clayton yanked o...ut his phone so he could call Harlan at the marshals’ office.
“I don’t want to answer a lot of questions about what I’m about to ask you to do,” Clayton said the moment his brother answered. “But I need you to find my birth father right away and bring him in for questioning.”
“All right,” Harlan said without hesitation. “And if he resists?”
“I hope to hell he does,”MoreLess
“Get him out of here,” Clayton told Cutter and the other ranch hand, Ray. “And make sure he’s off the ranch and doesn’t come back.”
Clayton caught one last glimpse of Quentin’s smile. A smile he wanted to dissolve to dust, but he forced himself to remember that Quentin was just the messenger. Yeah, he could still be guilty all the way up to his eyeballs, but he wasn’t lying now.
He waited until Cutter and Ray had the man out of his sight, and Clayton yanked o...ut his phone so he could call Harlan at the marshals’ office.
“I don’t want to answer a lot of questions about what I’m about to ask you to do,” Clayton said the moment his brother answered. “But I need you to find my birth father right away and bring him in for questioning.”
“All right,” Harlan said without hesitation. “And if he resists?”
“I hope to hell he does,”MoreLess
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