Hank’s POV Claud shook his head as he opened the hatch I had been hidden in, my chest finally expanding to its full girth. “R-Ran…!” The Sheriff comes a hand over the boy’s mouth before he could finish shouting, Paul Senior grabbing his legs too to keep him from running. “Calm down, Jake! He’s not gonna do anything to ya!” The Sheriff whisper yelled at him as the young man tried desperately to wiggle free. “Jake… is it?” I slowly picked myself up out of the hiding space, shaking my head at the ingenious area. “I’m on your side; just like the Sheriff says.” I could see Jim’s till struggling to yell, the fear in his eyes unmistakable. “You used to hang out and help June, right? She’d train ya how to shoot and watched you when you were young?” I watched as he slowly calmed down, his breath

