Atticus scrambled after her, while his friends called out in a mix of protest and fear, “You’re just going to walk away after hurting someone?”

Their voices echoed, but Hannah’s swift, decisive actions had already instilled fear in them.

Without looking back, her voice drifted from outside.

“It’s just a dislocation.

Take him to the hospital.

Atticus, following Hannah, tried to mend fences.

“Miss Moore, I’m to blame today.

Let me make it up to you with a meal sometime.

“You’d better just focus on making it through the next few days,”

Hannah replied nonchalantly, her tone sending chills down his spine.

asked, “Miss Moore, you

police are there for that, not me,”

to you today because your death benefits

Atticus grasped her implication.

is in your

you’ll protect

at Atticus with

head

have the Luxury to waste worrying about

were in the car, Hannah informed Atticus, “Tonight,

you to

like he wanted to ask Hannah something more, but her expression suggested she might not

simply nodded and

as she advised, “You’re

once, but don’t expect my help

course, I understand,” Atticus

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