If Gerald wasn't around, it was always the old lady who had to worry about

everything.

The old lady was out of options, so then it fell to Quincy Howard.

Bernard and Walter were wild cards-one loved to solve problems with his fists,

the other preferred to charge in with whatever weapon he could find.

Usually, if something was going down in the mountains, these two weren't the first people you'd call.

They just waited for orders and did what they were told.

Their position among the big shots? Well, it was about as humble as Evan's was whenever he stood in front of Elliot and Elijah.

Tarquin nodded.

"I got it. I asked Grandma for some shrooms-uh, hallucinogens. I was thinking..."

He started laying out his plan, but before he'd even finished, Bernard and Evan were already getting hyped.

"Sounds good! Solid plan! We're in! Let's do it!" they both chimed in, way too excited.

Tarquin: "..."

old guy and the kid didn't even look at him-just grinned at each other, like they were

I ride the black bear through their camp-scare the pants off those

just wait," Evan shot back. "I've got an even

to Tarquin.

"Uh... just the shrooms."

head. "Not enough, not even close. Evan, c'mon, time to 'borrow'

his

odd pair started to leave, Tarquin hurried

"From home, obviously. And as

word in,

go on ahead and find those folks. Evan and

then, poof-they

Tarquin: “...

no idea what those two

swipe from home, and honestly, he wasn't sure he wanted to. He didn't want

sigh, Tarquin checked his smartwatch and started following the GPS towards the

wait for Bernard and Evan anyway. He wanted

paths with Mr. Scarface without a heads-up, fists would fly

and Scarface went at it, both of them might end ity up wrecked. Both were incredibly tough and a fight between them could end in a

Tarquin had to warn

black out. The dense branches overhead blocked whatever moonlight there was, making the woods

strange rustlings echoed through

wild beasts howled-a chilling, bone-deep sound that rose

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