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Tobias had no clue what was going on, but he paid extra close attention as Carolyn spoke to the runaway he held pinned in an arm-twist lock. Her giant dog, who had to be the worst guard dog ever, slouched to the grass and collapsed on a long, snuffling exhale.
"I don't talk to traitors," the vandal snarled.
"Hey. Show a little respect here," he told his prisoner. "She's giving you a break. My advice would be to call the cops, and I will if you don't behave yourself."
He felt the guy deflate, as often happened once you called a hyped-up kid on their bluster. In his experience, very few bullies actually had the guts to follow through if you isolated them and confronted them. And anyone who left anonymous letters and vandalized doors fell into the category of a bully, in his opinion.
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