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Will pulled his dad’s arm over his shoulder. “We’re getting out of here.”

Someone else came in. “What the fuck is this about?”

“Hayden, help me,” old Mr. Rutherford said, reaching for his kid. Hayden just stared at him for a moment. Like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Hell, Hayden’s dad practically looked like hamburger right there.

“Dad? Who did this?” Hayden reached down to help his own dad up. Hayden and his dad were really close.

“Bruce Tyler. He’s around here somewhere,” Will’s father said. He was beat up, but he was in better shape than Hayden’s dad and everything.

“I’m going to go find him and kill him for this.”

Hayden always carried a gun. Will didn’t. He probably should start. This was stupid—Bruce was still out there. He’d just left. Will needed a gun.

“Help me get them to Braelyn’s car. I’m getting them out of here,” Will told Hayden. He didn’t care about Bruce right now. He just wanted to get his family safe. “Bruce abducted my sister and brought her here too. I want out. I’m leaving Masterson for a while.”

Toby and Scotty were there, arguing about what to do next.

“Saw Tyler take off after some woman. Or some kid. I didn’t see her close enough. Just saw really blond hair. Pretty sure it’s a girl, though,” Toby said, agitated and excited like he always was when he was high or something. Guy should just go back to Texas where he was from and just stay there. He disgusted Will. “Let’s find him. Show him what kind of loser he really is. Then grab that girl and have fun. I’ve been wanting that kind of good time since that hot cop in Texas got away from us.”

“Leave her alone,” Will said. “She is just here by accident.”

“So? She see your face? She’s gotta go, man. That’s the way the new boss wants things now. It’s the new rules. No witnesses left ever. That’s the way we’re going to do it,” Toby said.

“You can do things that way. I’m getting out. And you are going to leave Dylan alone, you understand? Or I’ll kill you myself.” Dylan didn’t deserve to be involved in this. Not even for a moment. The only reason she was there at all was because of Will. He wasn’t going to let these jackasses hurt her. “Just go find Bruce before he gets us all killed. That guy is insane. I don’t want no part of dealing with him.”

“Chickenshit.”

“You know what, I don’t care. I’m getting my dad out of here.” He was getting his dad, Abby, and Dylan out of there. No matter what.

Will wasn’t going to screw this up.