Chapter 6
Jessica
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When Slammer and Tank returned to the table, I could tell something was very wrong. Mom noticed it, too.
“What’s happening?” she asked, watching his face carefully.
Slammer glanced around the room and then answered in a low voice. “Raptor’s mother was found. Murdered.”
“Oh, my God, do they know who did it?” asked Frannie, shocked.
“They’re not sure yet,” he replied.
She put a hand to her chest. “Poor Raptor. Are you certain it was murder?”
He nodded.
I cleared my throat, almost afraid to ask. “Do you think it has anything to do with the Devil’s Rangers?”
“It might,” he answered. “They have a new president. A guy who just got out of prison and was close friends with Mud, from what I understand.”
My stomach tightened. “Mud was the president of
