10
Caden
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I WAS SITTING at a stoplight when I noticed I had a new message. When I heard what was happening at home, my heart stopped.
Fuck.
This wasn’t good.
I quickly dialed them back and Sage answered.
“Listen, I need you to do me a favor,” I said to her. “Those guys out there are dangerous. I need you to take Phalen down into the basement. To the safe-room.”
“Safe-room? What’s that?”
“It’s a secure, bulletproof room that locks from the inside. I need you both to go down there and wait for me to let you out. Under no circumstance do I want you to leave until you hear from me.”
My old man had always had a streak of paranoia that I’d given him s**t about. I wasn’t sure if he’d had it all of his life or if owning a g*n shop had triggered it. He’d made some enemies througho
