ane
, and Brandi sprinted down the hallway toward
urned and sprinted up the service s
door of the second-floor stud
er had put lock picks in my hands before I was tall enough to reach the counter. I slid
Click
ed back with a muffled sna
and dropped to my knees in front of the
h year for everything. I spun the dial right to 62,
everal unregistered handguns,
rley-Davidson Softail Custom. Inside was the pristine DMV title, legally
ooks documenting the five hundred thousand dollars of my parents' life insurance pay
inst my ribs, pulled my dark j
dded heavily
oice screeched from the lower landing.
door was
looking the backyard, and pushed the glass up. The thick bran
out into empty air, and scurried down the limb like a c
open. "The safe is open!" Beau ro
rounded the corner of the detached garage, a
n the padlock on the s
te floor under a thick canvas drop cloth, was t
er of the canvas a
cated shovelhead motor that my father had balanced to absolute perfection. Just matte bl
ne Ke
frame. Judith marched in, her face twisted with puret the bike. "You touch that machine and I'll have the She
," I said, stepping betwe
Back off, Sloane. You don't know what you're do
ut the cream-colored DMV title, and
anded, my voice cutting throu
e paper. His jaw twitched as he read
step toward me, I'll pull the secondary ledger out of my coat and hand it directly to the club Treasurer at tomorrow's Chur
g from her cheeks until she looked l
," I wh
addle. I reached down, switched the pet
life with a deafening, chest-rattling roar. The vibration wen
g backward. Beau stood frozen, staring at me as
d tore through the open bay door into the morning light,
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