“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].

signed

straight and scanned his surroundings, an unsettling feeling creeping over him. These were the same drug dealers who had left a similar card at Esther’s

distance away, and felt a chilling

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

appeared bewildered. “What are

card. “This card! Where did it come

asked, “What

driver and waited for the ambulance and police

wouldn’t

was: where were those drug dealers hiding? Were they watching him or

blaring sirens

seriously injured but not critical, thanks to

underwent thorough medical examinations, revealing various

he needed to leave to investigate why the card

to the

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