Gently and slowly, I put the phone down. My entire body is trembling with anger and fear. I called Larry’s bluff with the little girl. When we asked Piper for an update earlier, she confirmed Larry is having breakfast but that she got pulled in on searching for a missing girl. Larry catching Piper and a missing girl was just too much of a coincidence. I can only pray that he does not hurt them. That my threats were enough to keep them unharmed. “We need to update the warriors,” my voice sounds distant and strange to my own ears. “I’m on it,” Mason squeezes my hand before picking up his phone to make the call. My legs feel wobbly as I make my way to the bathroom to finish the day. It is still painful to lift my arm. How in the hell am I supposed to operate with this half-ass shoulder of

