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in my direction.

"Oh," Raven moaned. She sat back and stared

out the window.

"You're not Gordon Tooey, are you?" he asked

me after a moment.

"No," I said, swallowing down a lump in my

throat.

"And I bet nobody back there is either, huh?"

he followed talking to them through the rearview

mirror.

"Hardly," Crystal replied.

I saw the sheriff's station directly ahead. He

looked at me.

"We're going to stop by here," he said, "because

there are some people who have a few questions for

you girls. I bet you know what some of those

questions are, huh?"

"Yes sir," I said, lowering my eyes.

He laughed.

"Well, no matter what, girls, I stand by what I

said back there. It sure is nice to see young people do

a good deed. Of course, it makes this whole thing as

confusing as hell, but it sure is nice," he said and

pulled into the station's parking lot.

"Are we under arrest?" I asked after he turned

off his engine.

"We usually investigate, ask questions, gather

evidence and then arrest people," he said. "All I have

right now are four very suspicious looking people.

Come on," he said, opening his door, "let's see if we