Sadie looked like she wanted to throw somebody through a wall.
Possibly Gerald.
Possibly me.
Hard to tell.
Finally Gerald exhaled.
"I'll come back."
Sadie's expression hardened.
"Don't."
"I'm not giving up."
That got my attention.
Something cold settled in my chest.
The kind of feeling that never showed up without a reason.
Gerald pointed toward Sadie.
"We have unfinished business."
Then he climbed into his truck.
A second later he drove away.
Dust rolled across the ranch road.
Silence followed.
Nobody moved.
Nobody spoke.
Then one of the boys looked at Sadie.
"That guy seemed like a creep."
The second boy nodded.
"Yeah."
The third shrugged.
"I kinda wanted Beast to punch him."
I almost smiled.
Almost.
Sadie didn't.
She kept staring at the road.
