“Turn around, go back,” Benjamin said.

“First, tell me what’s going on.”

“It’s that guy, Diesel Parker, the one you asked me about last time. He was the one who hurt Emma.”

“Diesel Parker!” Emmeline and Abel exclaimed in unison.

“Yes, he’s right by the roadside.”

“I’ve finally caught him!” Abel clenched his teeth and turned the car around.

“Abel, what are you doing? Why do you care about him? It’s been so long.” Emmeline worried, but Abel had. already turned the car around.

Sure enough, there was a burly man by the roadside, shirtless with his clothes draped over his shoulder, humming a tune. It really was Diesel.

“You’re wearing your uniform,” Abel reminded Benjamin.

That’s an easy fix,” Benjamin replied, unbuttoning his shirt and baring his arms.

Abel quickly parked the car without killing the engine and said to Emmeline, “Stay in the car.”

Then, he and Benjamin stormed toward Diesel, grabbed the shirt on his shoulders, wrapped it around his head, and unleashed a furious barrage of punches..

Diesel howled in pain and fell to the ground, soon becoming motionless. In just a minute, the fight was over.

Abel and Benjamin quickly got back into the car and raced away, covering a hundred yards in an instant, turning a corner in the darkness.

shock and anxiety. “You two, that

things need to be handled that way.” Benjamin smiled. “If you can’t deal with someone officially, you

won’t die, will he? He lay

we’ve all been through fights,” Benjamin reassured

to think of it,” Emmeline added. “I saw Diesel in the community garden a few days

you sure you didn’t mistake

was acting suspiciously under the magnolia tree with our vice

an unregistered large truck, supposedly for

it be hauling soil for our school? Emmeline asked. “We’re undergoing field renovations.”

day,” Benjamin explained.

auto repair shop, Abel drove Emmeline

car to the side and turned

asked. “Has

still have to drive,” Abel replied. “Come sit in front; you might get

moved to the front passenger seat.

each other’s company on the

in the

pulling Emmeline into his embrace, and

a melancholy that she couldn’t

Emmeline off at the community gate, watching her

the other side

car, smoked it in silence,

avoid causing any trouble, he

into the drive, Emmeline’s phone call came in, and

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