The Osbornes were powerful people in the city.
If this blew up, the whole club could get dragged down with it.
I braced myself and tried to stand, already prepared to take the fall alone.
Debbie was faster.
She pressed me right back into the chair.
"This is small stuff," she said. "Since when do we let a kid handle it?"
Then she turned toward the door.
"A few of you, come with me."
At the entrance to town, two deputy sheriffs were talking to the Chairman.
When they saw me wrapped up like a mummy and being held upright, both of them froze.
Then their eyes shifted to Old Blade.
He hadn't even had time to change.
His clothes were splattered with blood.
The older deputy's gaze sharpened.
"Where'd all that blood come from?"
Old Blade grinned like he couldn't care less.
"Where el
