He took a long draw then asked, “What’d I do?â€
“You knew about the guy threatening my dad?â€
He paused, shifted in his chair, so freaking busted, it wasn’t funny. “They told you?â€
“Why, no, Swopes, they didn’t. Instead, they waited until the guy knocked the fuck out of my dad and readied him for spaceflight with duct tape then tried to kill me with a butcher’s knife.
— Darynda Jones
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