“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.

a mix of shock and anxiety. “You two,

Benjamin smiled. “If you can’t deal with someone officially,

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

fights,” Benjamin reassured her. “We know

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

doing there?” Abel said. “Are you sure you

He was acting suspiciously under the magnolia

unregistered large truck, supposedly

our school? Emmeline asked. “We’re undergoing field

day,” Benjamin explained. “It could be for anyone.”

the auto repair shop, Abel drove Emmeline back to Altney

way, he pulled the car to the side and turned

wrong?” Emmeline asked. “Has the alcohol

all, and I still have to drive,” Abel replied. “Come

that, Emmeline moved to the front passenger

of them remained silent, simply enjoying each other’s

in the night

pulling Emmeline into his embrace, and kissed her

was a

dropped Emmeline off at the community gate,

the other side of

in the car, smoked it

causing any trouble, he didn’t

drive, Emmeline’s phone call came in, and Abel had a

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