heriff, he  said.

    your load lately?

    ts the problem, Sheriff?

    Bell stepped back from truck. Step out here, he said.

    t out. Bell nodded toruck. ts a  damned outrage, he said.

    took a look. One of tiedowns is worked loose, he said.

    arp and pulled it back up along truck over tic sing and  bound ape. t of t t. Dead bodies  aped.

    h? Bell said.

    I aint lost none of em, Sheriff.

    Couldnt you all of took a van out there?

    e didnt h four wheel drive.

    ied doarp and stood.

    All right, Bell said.

    You aint goin to e me up for improperly secured load?

    You get your ass out of here.

    sundourned on ts and got out and s t of tood leaning on t served for  top guardrail. atc into to t. A bound semi coming around ted  o vie  jump, S . tcing gears. Bell smiled. trutter is, he said, she is.

    Some t tion of 481 and 57 tting in t  gave off a single bleep and  silent again. Co topped. urned it and turned it back. ed the knobs.

    Not onto twilig.

    ook off  turned on ts. As o beep ime.

    el and got out and came limping around truck gun and tol all in a zipper bag and crossed t and  climbed tel steps.

    ered and got teps and doo  in and locked tgun across   staring at transponder sending unit to be  in tel.  Moss because  Moss  certainly dead.

    t left t of tacumbe Petroleum Group.   t  t t t  t  about t.

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