“Clark! Wake up!

“Clark, don’t fall asleep!”

Esther felt a rush of fear, her heart pounding. He worried that Clark might not make it.

Gabriel gritted his teeth through the pain and approached the cement truck.

“Get out of the car,” he commanded.

The cement truck’s door creaked open, and a man smelling of alcohol stumbled out. As he stepped out, a card fell from the truck.

Gabriel leaned down to pick up the card, too distracted to keep an eye on the drunk driver.

The card featured a bright poppy flower on the front and had a simple message on the back.

[A small token of appreciation].

was signed with

These were the same drug dealers who had left a similar card at Esther’s old house when they set

glanced over at Esther, who was with Clark and Felix some distance away, and

to the cement truck driver, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded, “Tell me! Who told

bewildered. “What

the card. “This card!

asked, “What

glared at the driver and waited for

wouldn’t escape without

were those drug dealers hiding? Were they

and police’s blaring

thanks to Agatha.

thorough medical

that he needed to leave to investigate why the card

to

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