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reets, and boarded-up storefronts stared back like hollow eyes. He pulled up to the house he' d bought for me, the

ect monument

e surrounding poverty. He didn' t knock. He shoved the door open

e bellowed int

d man stepped out from the house next door, his face etched with the we

Lester," Barney said,

, his eyes lockin

e hell a

s. I was the sheriff h

r Nicole is sick. She needs a heart transplant, and Jocelyn is going to get tested. If sh

told your boy on the phone. Jocelyn is

men. "Search the town. Every house, ever

community. Doors were kicked in, and people were dragged from their homes. I watched,

elf between the old sheriff and Ethan. It was Matthew. My Matth

Matthew cried, his

n features staring back at him. But his mind, poisoned by Nicole' s lies,

sight," Ethan sneered, his

Matthew, his face a

don' t find her, I' ll come back for you. We' ll see how lo

ey quickly pulled the boy behind hi

arney said, his voice lo

ants," Ethan replied, turning

e didn' t cry. He just stood there, his small hands clenched into fists, his eyes filled