“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.

“If you can’t deal with someone officially, you do it

him up, he won’t die, will he? He lay motionless in the end,” Emmeline expressed her concern.

fights,” Benjamin reassured her. “We know how to handle

come to think of it,” Emmeline added. “I saw Diesel in the community

you sure you didn’t mistake someone else for him?”

him. He was acting suspiciously under the magnolia tree

a few days ago,” Benjamin mentioned. “It was an unregistered large truck, supposedly for hauling soil for the school. The Third Division

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

do this kind of work every day,” Benjamin explained. “It

Benjamin at the entrance of the auto repair shop, Abel drove Emmeline back to Altney

pulled the car to the side and turned off the engine.

wrong?” Emmeline asked. “Has the

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

that, Emmeline moved to the front passenger seat.

them remained silent, simply enjoying each other’s company on the

the night were beautiful.

Emmeline into his embrace,

a melancholy that she

Steel, he dropped Emmeline off at the

other side of

smoked it in silence,

trouble, he didn’t accompany Emmeline home.

a few minutes into the drive, Emmeline’s phone call came in, and Abel

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