You Looked Down on Me Once Now You Look Up (Patricia and Oliver) novel Chapter 636

“Uncle Emerson, I’m just giving back what I got. Don’t worry, I’ll let one person from the Brooks family live.”

“That’s too much...” Patricia shook her head, slow and firm. “No. That’s not enough.”

“You get to choose who.” Her eyes locked onto his. “I want you to know what it feels like when your heart gets torn apart.”

She pulled out her phone and started a timer. “Five minutes. That’s all you get. If you don’t pick, I’ll pick for you. And I’ll start with Amber and her kid.”

The seconds slipped by. Emerson stared at the countdown, his fingers shaking so hard he could barely hold still. Patricia just watched, calm as ever.

When there were only ten seconds left, Patricia finally spoke.

“Ten.”

“Nine.”

“Eight.”

“Seven...”

“Six.”

“Five...”

Emerson sucked in a shaky breath, like he was forcing himself to say it. “Tina...”

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Thud, thud, thud.

The sound of a folder smacking down on the desk snapped Brandon out of his nap.

“We’ve got work.”

Brandon groaned. “Seriously? Every time I’m on night shift, something comes up. What is this, a curse?”

His coworker shrugged. “Don’t look at me. Emerson told the guards he wasn’t the only one involved in the case.”

“The guards called me. This case is on us. We can’t just ignore it, right?”

Brandon rubbed his face, putting the pieces together. “So I have to head out to the county prison with you. Right now? In the middle of the night?”

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