Dawn Patrol

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Dan says, “So we have a deal?”

“I just want Luce,” Tammy says. “You'll never hear from me again.”

“Sounds good,” Dan says. He wears his trademark outfit-black shirt, black jeans, black cowboy boots. “Take her and go.”

Tammy puts her arm around Luce's shoulder and leads her from the clearing, through the path trodden in the reeds, toward the road.

Boone loses sight of them as they go into the reeds.

What he does see is Dan wait a second, then walk into the reeds behind them.