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“You just knocked a man clean out,” Collins points out.
Daniel just shrugs.
Having no other option, McCallister nods. “I’ll vouch for him.”
Satisfied, or at least enough to go along with it, she removes the cuff, then leads Daniel to the car before placing him in the back seat and closing the door.
Back on his feet, Cooper stumbles, “That’s two brothers down.”
“Get the fuck off my property,” Christopher snarls.
But Cooper’s not done. His face twists, his attention turning to Charlie.
“I told you I’d come after Michael. You shouldhave done the right thing two years ago,” Cooper sneers, stepping closer to her.
Kaleb blocks him, shouldering Cooper, which causes him to stumble back a few steps. At the same time, a loud cracking sound splits through the drive, drawing everyone’s attention to the police cruiser.
Several long cracks shoot off from a big spiraled crack in the middle of the glass. The sheet of glass bends out slightly from the force of his fist.
Daniel points a finger at Cooper, mouthing the word, “Move,” through the broken glass.
Facing the car, Collins demands, “What happened to behaving?” Her head tilts, waiting for Daniel to respond, but he doesn’t even look at her.
Once Cooper backs away, Daniel sits back in his seat, staring ahead once more.
“He started it,” Kaleb sneers, his lip curled.
Cooper looks like he’s about to shit himself, and who can blame him? My face mirrors his terror. Thank God Daniel loves Michael, so that puts me permanently on his good side.Right?
I look around as if someone will answer my unasked question, but no one does.
“That was assault!” Cooper cries, pointing at Kaleb, calling him out for the shoulder check. Cooper’s arm stays straight, pointing as he swivels his head wildly searching for Agent Collins. “Arrest him, too!”
Collins looks like she’s at the end of her tether. “Let’s get out of here,” she tells the sheriff, climbing into the police car.
“Christopher—” the sheriff starts, only to get cut off.
“Enjoy your job while you have it,” Christopher snaps. “Winning a re-election is going to be real hard without a budget.”
“Please, you know what this job means to me. I keep this town orderly.”
“You should have thought about that before you arrested one of my boys and then another.” Christopher points at where Daniel still sits patiently in the back of the squad car.
“He just clocked someone in the jaw while I was standing right here.” He waves at his feet.
Christopher sneers at Cooper. “Daniel’s not the first person who’s ever wanted to punch him out, just the first with balls big enough to actually do it.”
“Shit,” the sheriff curses, taking his hat off. “If he didn’t do the murder, I can fix this. Just give me time.”
“You have an hour, and then you’re going to have an army of lawyers crawling up your ass.”
The sheriff’s shoulders sag, but he nods, acknowledging Christopher’s words.
Seeing that the police are leaving and that he’d be left with us, Cooper seems to snap out of it.
Maybe Daniel knocked something loose.
“I’m coming to the station; I want to see him getting booked in,” he says smugly.
