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man. I loved Lori like a little sister.” The two exchanged hard glances. “What? You don’t think I think about it too? I’ve gone over it in my head a hundred times. We had no way of knowing Pyongyang would send someone to kill you. If I could give anything, just to stop him from raping and killing Lori, I’d give it. And look at you now. You walk into a biker bar, see the same thing happening to some chick you don’t even know, and you go ape-shit.”
    “I just...”
    “You lost it is what you did. After seeing those tiny clips of surveillance tape on the news, I called a friend at the Bureau. He sent me the rest of the tape. Have you seen it?”
    “No.”
    “Well don’t. What they did to that girl was...but the point is you . You didn’t just stop them from raping her, did you? Oh hell no. You methodically took them down, one at a time. More broken bones in that biker bar than in a graveyard. And then you went one by one, snapping their necks. I suppose the three bikers that lived long enough to ride in an ambulance somehow fooled you into thinking they were already dead. Am I right?”
    But Brock had no response.
    “Come on, man,” said Will. “Pack a bag. Let’s get out of this town. They’re looking for you, compadre. And they won’t stop until they find you.”
    “I’m off the grid. They’ll never find me.”
    “I found you.”
    “I can’t leave, man. I can’t.”
    “And why the hell not?”
    “It’s the girl. I can’t leave her. She’s still vulnerable.”
    “She’s still vulnerable.” It was a statement carved from disbelief, thick and pure. “And you think that if you save this girl, everything will be alright again? You losing Lori will be made okay? Is that what you think?”
    “I don’t know, man.”
    “Late at night, when the demons come, they look like Lori, don’t they? Look me in the eye and tell me I’m wrong. And if you save this new girl, you think the demons will finally stop coming. Damn, you’re a piece of work, compadre.”
     
    CHAPTER FIFTEEN
    Compadres with a Plan
    “So why is it you say the girl is still vulnerable,” said Will. “You saved her already, okay? That biker gang, what’s their stupid name, The Lincoln Killers? Well, if the ones who are still alive have any sense, they’ll stay away from both you and the girl.”
    “They’re watching her.”
    “You’re paranoid.”
    “I follow them sometimes. They drive by her bank where she works all the time. The rest of the time, I just watch her from a building across the street. They’ll come for her. At some point, they’ll come for her, and I’m going to be there again when they do.”
    Will was incredulous. “Why in the hell would they be after her? It makes no sense. Half their gang already raped her and beat her half to death. She’d be dead right now if it wasn’t for you.”
    “I haven’t figured that out yet.”
    “Alright. Dammit, I knew you were going to drag me into another one of your escapades again. What do we need to do?”
    “You’ll help me?” said Brock, staring into his beer.
    Will jumped to his feet. “I can’t believe you just said that to me. After all we’ve been through together? After you pulled my ass out of the sling in Croatia, and that time in Kandahar, and a half dozen other times? Maybe I was your mentor in those days, but you saved my ass more than once. We’re blood. You understand me, compadre? We’re blood.”
    Brock knew Will was right. They’d been in more bad shit together than he could recall, and Will was always there for him. Brock simply nodded his head.
    Will asked, “They’re going to have to be taken out, aren’t they? The Lincoln Killers.”
    “Damn right. Seem like such a bunch of low-lifes. I doubt they even know how to change their minds once they’re made up. They’re going to kill her, alright.”
    “She’s got to be told, man. You’ve got to get to her and tell her the danger she’s in.”
    “I’ve been thinking the