e from Wayne's red face

sively to the front of the crowd. He

t up to the base of the porch stairs.

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lene yelled, her voice echoing. "

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ure remained perfectly straight,

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pers instantly shifted direction, buz

antically looked around as her carefully co

ense, the sharp, piercing wail of a

he yard. The strobing colors cast long, fran

ulled up onto the dirt grass, k

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t midnight?" Brody demanded loudly,

ownspeople shuffled backward, res

d up her bitten, bloody hand. "Sheriff

e frowned, then looked up at Ele

two wooden steps. She met Brody's ste

rly. "A mob trespassed on private p

rds ringing with absolute clarity,

her, peering into the dark, silent trailer,

ognized immediately that a declared engagement made

large hands in a shooing motion. "Alri

ayne and Darlene. "I will arrest anyone for

lack of a scandal, the townspeople began

erated hatred. Darlene grabbed Tiffany's uni

taillights of the sheriff's cruiser fade down