Chapter 2 - She Tried to Tell YouA collective shiver ran through the men nearby.
This wasn't a homecoming.
It was a death sentence.
Tank surged to his feet, eyes wild.
“She should've told me!”
The girl looked up at him, her eyes brimming with a wisdom no child should have possessed.
“She tried.”
Tank stopped breathing.
“She said somebody made you leave.”
The memories came rushing back—the threats, the lies, the manufactured story about the pregnancy, the shadowy men who had forced him into exile years ago.
He looked toward his brothers.
Then the girl turned toward one specific man standing at the edge of the lot.
The man's face drained of color.
“She said he would still be near you,” the girl whispered.
Tank's jaw tightened.
He started toward him.
But the girl's tiny hand suddenly grabbed his vest.
“There’s more.”
Tank froze.
Her voice dropped to almost nothing.
“She said if you finally believed me…”
The girl looked directly into his eyes.
“You have to leave. Now.”
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A cold wind moved through the parking lot.
“Before they find us.”
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