"No," the boy moaned, "He said not to."
"Who did?"
"Damien."
"Did he hurt you?"
"No! He saved me."
Ryan hid his surprise, urging his son on softly. "Eric, I need to know what happened."
"They came. And they said you were at work. And they knew where you worked. And they had guns. They wanted me to go with them."
"Who, Eric?"
"Two men. One was a Russell. Damien came after with his dog and he tried to distract them for me. He told me to run and I tried to but one came after me and brought me back and they were hurting him too and made him make that call before taking off. Damien hugged me and said it would be alright. He said to tell everyone that he did it, so we were kept safe from those men."
Ryan stared into his son's lost and confused eyes, trying to comprehend all the information. They had just arrested the man who was responsible for his son being at home now. Why hadn't he told the truth?
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