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CHAPTER FIVE

First things first — make sure Annie and Darius got away safely. I couldn’t concentrate on helping my friends trapped inside the stadium if I was worrying about my sister and nephew. Once they were free of Steve’s influence, safe somewhere he couldn’t find them, I could focus on business entirely. Until that time I would only be a distracted liability.

Annie didn’t want to go. This was her home and she wanted to fight to protect it. When, after telling her about some of the atrocities Steve had committed over the years, I convinced her they had to leave, she insisted I go with them. For years she’d believed I was dead. Now she knew otherwise, she didn’t want to lose me again so quickly.

“I can’t come,” I sighed. “Not while my friends are in danger. Later, when it’s over, I’ll find you.”

“Not if Steve kills you!” Annie cried. I had no answer for that one. “What about Darius?” she pressed. “You said he needs training. What will he do without you?”