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My voice was dead serious, but I heard Ryan let out a small chuckle behind me. “You’re really gonna pay his debt?” the leader asked, his voice laced with disbelief.

“He’s my employee. I’m not going to stand here and watch you thugs haul him off,” I said flatly. “Get me the official loan agreement, and I’ll wire you the money.”

“We don’t have it on us,” the man said, giving a curt signal to his men. “Same time tomorrow. Right here.” And with

that, they turned and left.

I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding and turned to look at Ryan. He didn’t look scared at all and just kept

staring at me with this weird expression.

“You okay?” I asked. “That didn’t freak you out?”

Ryan shook his head. “You were brave,” he said quietly.

I let out a short, humorless laugh. “Don’t be so sure. I’m sweating through my shirt right now.”

Ryan’s eyes got all intense. “No,” he insisted. “You’re the first person besides my mom or my grandma who’s ever stepped up to protect me.”

only child?”

He just nodded. “Yeah.”

“Getting into that much debt at his age and

he caught himself and stopped abruptly. “My grandpa’s actually… He’s

grandson get hunted down by loan

in my book.

him. “Don’t go wandering around by yourself. Those

turned and headed back toward the

an hour at a coffee shop. By the

advice about Ryan’s loan. She told me to make sure I got the IOU back and to record the

was probably doing an airport pickup this afternoon. A wild, reckless thought sparked in my brain: I should go, too. I needed to get proof

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jacket and bolted. Halfway to my car, I realized it was a stupid plan to

I bring any

car. Just hurry,” I

side street. The second he buckled in,

I said, gripping the steering wheel so hard my knuckles ached. “Ryan, I’m paying off your debt. Now I