Seven Crumpled Dollar Bills on a Pine Table in Michigan

voice sharp and demanding. “A mother sitting on a bench with her biker friends while her six-year-old swings unsupervised near a public road.”

He tapped his heavy brass key ring against his palm, the metallic clinking cutting through the quiet park.

“The boy is twenty yards away,” Mike said, his voice a low, slow rumble. “Step back.”

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