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“Boss! Boss!”

Mick, Teddy, and Nikki were still sitting on the dock of the bay when they heard Renardo’s voice. They all turned and saw their dock supervisor running across the plank toward them.

Teddy was especially agitated. “What is it?” he was yelling even before Renardo made it to them.

“I just got a call from Tech-quarters.” It was their technical team’s headquarters. “They tried to call you guys but nobody was answering.”

Teddy had broken his phone in a fit of rage the day before, Nikki’s phone was still turned off, and Mick had left his phone in his Escalade. “What do they want?” he asked.

“They just got a distress signal, sir.”

Everybody flew to their feet. “From whom?” Teddy asked anxiously.

“From Duke’s detail,” said Renardo. “And they weren’t able to reach any of the team members, nor Duke or Jackie by phone either. They also got a distress signal from Duke’s Mustang.”

Mick’s heart slammed through his shoe as he, Teddy, and Nikki were already running. “Where?”

“Over on Copperfield. They were running so fast that Renardo couldn’t keep up. “The nine thousand block,” he added as he gave up and let them run.

All three hopped into Mick’s Escalade and Mick sped away as Nikki was on the phone trying to reach Jackie and Teddy was trying to reach Duke. They couldn’t get there fast enough as all of them were thinking the exact same thing: That real motherfucker Mick had spoken about had come for the very ones he was certain they wouldn’t come for: his children.

He was turning corners on two wheels as he raced to the scene.