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The captain opened the door, and I couldn’t help but think he was

"What do I do?" I asked Angel The captain was getting away So to speak

"Ask hi!" Kory called out to ht, I called out, "What about the dog?"

He stopped, hesitated, executed a slow, lance toward Kory "What about the dog?"

Kory shrugged "It’s just, I don’t get why he’s so hell-bent on turning himself in for a criot too out of hand, I stepped to the captain, grabbed his jacket sleeve, took a quick peek toward Uncle Bob, as still talking to the psychic wannabe, and dragged the captain back inside his office

"Just hold on," I said, closing the door "Kory, what are you talking about"

He shrugged "This is wrong He didn’t do anything wrong I was the stupid one"

"In ay?"

Exhaling superfluously, he sat against the sill and said, "It wasn’t even his gun It wasto be all cool and shit once again When Van found h he see that surprised him

"When he foundroundup He hit un on hi to me He wanted ot soHe was a tiny shit" He looked the captain up and down "I can’t believe he turned out that big We started fighting and un just went off Hit et to a hospital, but I screaun, he would’ve killed et that wound?" I asked, pointing to his knee

"When I was trying to find a place in our barn to hide the gun, I was in so ht-headed, and I shotto do with that"

I turned to Van Who named their kid Van? "I know exactly what happened," I told him, my expression stern

"Yeah, but his faun--"

"That’s not the way Kory reun and it went off It was an accident"

He looked down in thought