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Then his personal phone rang. Blake\u2019s number.\u201cHey, champ. You okay?\u201d The question was automatic, but something in his son\u2019s voice triggered the instinct that had kept Lucius alive in Helmand Province.
\n\u201cDad? Yeah, I\u2019m fine. Just\u2026 can we talk? Not on the phone.\u201dThe Meeting at Uncle Byron\u2019s<\/p>\n

Blake was sixteen, a sophomore who\u2019d inherited his father\u2019s build and his mother\u2019s dark, expressive eyes. He\u2019d been distant lately, a change Lucius had attributed to teenage rebellion, first girlfriends, the usual chaos of adolescence. But the tremor in his son\u2019s voice said otherwise.\u201cI can pick you up in twenty. Usual spot.\u201d\u201cNo,\u201d Blake\u2019s voice dropped. \u201cCan you meet me at Uncle Byron\u2019s garage instead? I\u2026 I don\u2019t want to be home right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uncle Byron. Byron David, Lucius\u2019s younger brother, was the only mechanic in the city who could resurrect a \u201967 Mustang from a pile of rust and regret. Blake had spent countless afternoons there since the divorce, learning to rebuild carburetors and change timing belts in the sanctuary Byron had created for classic cars and lost causes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on my way.\u201d Lucius grabbed his jacket, told his second-in-command he\u2019d be out for an hour, and drove through the industrial area that gentrification had somehow missed. When he pulled up to the garage, he found his son sitting on the hood of a Chevelle, shoulders hunched, staring at his phone.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he saw the bruises.The Evidence of Abuse\u201cBlake.\u201d His son looked up, and Lucius saw the purple shadow blooming under his left eye, half-hidden by carefully arranged hair.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t freak out.\u201d Blake slid off the hood, hands raised defensively. \u201cIt\u2019s not as bad as it looks.\u201dLucius\u2019s training kicked in before his rage. He approached slowly, gently turning Blake\u2019s face to the light. The bruise was fresh, maybe three or four hours old. There were finger marks on his son\u2019s upper arm, barely visible under his sleeve.
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