Sheriff let loose an unusual string of words over the radio.
"An escapee?" Pete brushed off his shirt and adjusted his belt.
"Oh." The deputy looked up and down the street. "Some guy was after the gal inside."
Pete followed his gaze. A younger woman stood talking to Sheriff. Timmelsen's friend and her kid from the park. She and Timmelsen had seemed pretty tight. She appeared beat up. Pete folded his arms across his chest and yawned. "Yeah?"
"Well, evidently they have some history, because she knifed him and got away."
"What does he want with that b***h?" Pete tipped his head toward the building. "She looks like somebody you'd run like hell from."
The deputy laughed and stepped closer to Pete, his face c****d away from the building. "It's his kid. Bet he wants the little girl."
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