Babydoll keeps her distance. No matter that I know her real name, she’ll always be Babydoll to me.
Just as Liam is about to open the back of the lorry, Brody turns to me. “C’mere. You can do the honors.”
I’m not thick. I know Brody is concerned that whoever his partner in crime is will double-cross him. Is that why he needed me as collateral? It’s the only thing that makes sense. I’m valuable to this person. Or so Brody thinks I am.
With nothing to lose, I walk forward, but that’s as far as I get because rustling from the dense bushland alerts us that someone is coming, and that someone is Connor.
“Don’tcha move, Puck,” he orders, stepping onto the gravel road. I look behind him but don’t see Uncle Sean. Where is he?
“Connor Kelly,” Brody says with a wide grin. “Y’always knew how to m
