“Oh, my God!” Rebecca said. Chinese—that could be Johnny Huang's gang. She knew about them from the Gang Task Force. They killed and maimed without compunction. “Did you see which direction they went in?”
“They turned left. But I did better than that. I got the license number.” She read it off. “And the older guy is here with ice on his head. He's kind of cute, you know. But go help your friend.”
Rebecca hung up, her heart pounding. She could only hope she wasn't too late.
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Richie slowly awoke. He opened his eyes only to shut them again from a bright light in his face. He was sitting on a hard chair, his ankles bound to the chair legs and his wrists tied behind his back.
He opened his eyes just a little this time. Even squinting, the light was so bright he couldn't see past it to l
