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Climbing out of his piano black Ford F-150, Jimmy Coutreau crept closer, keeping a firm grip on his loaded sidearm. Peering inside the driver’s side wide open door, the overhead light dimly showcased the empty interior. Local radio banter overlapped the car’s annoying seat belt chime.
Super Trooper #17 (3.3) by Julie Lynn Hayes
“Hey Evan, wanna go grab a beer? Watch some sports?”
Evan finished handing in the last of his paperwork to the desk clerk, then turned to his fellow trooper. “Hey Nathan. I would, but I’m already doing something tonight. Maybe another time?”
“Doing something?” Nathan Harding was a little shorter than the average Texas State Trooper, but he made up for it by having a very muscular build and a very friendly personality. It was said that the people he pulled over for speeding never even got mad at him, and had nothing but nice things to say about him. Nathan’s thick brows shot up inquisitively. “You mean like a date doing something, that kind of doing something?
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“What will we do?” Tinn asked.
“Study the map first,” I said. Londe settled beside Marces. Colete was on the other wide of him. With my family close to my side, our friends shuffled near and plopped down right in front of us like furry balls. They looked like boulders, which would help if there were any spies in the distance. I pulled the map out of my pack.
Unfolding it carefully, I traced a finger. “We are here.” I showed our dots. All six of them.
And the two I’d led us parallel to. They hadn’t moved, thankfully. But
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