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nodded and started reviewing most of what Silas had learned last night about the revenuer and new bootleggers.
    “Silas, Trick, we need you to go in and figure out who these men are. Why has the revenuer targeted our stills… who he works for… Once we know that we’ll decide where to go from there,” their father said. “Take Pete or Gabe, if you need to.”
    “Do you need me to give legal consult to the moonshiners?” Silas said.
    “I do. But I’m thinking it’ll go a little deeper than that. I need you get information. Either someone wanted to move in on our protection and take a cut, or someone wanted to get our attention. You’re gonna snuff it out before it catches fire,” he said.
    “So you’re saying I’ll be there for a while… not just an open shut case?” Silas asked, his mouth set in a grim line. He didn’t usually ask so many questions. He just took his jobs as they came. After all, this was why his father had sent them to school… and taught them to shoot a gun. He’d molded them for this life. But Silas didn’t want to do it this time. Emmie needed him. There was more he needed to do at home… well at Emmie’s Kentucky home. Her father had still left them with a gap in their market. Without someone there to oversee that transition all hell could break loose in that small town.
    “Yes,” his father smiled, understanding his son’s thinking. “I’m gonna need you there for a few weeks.”
    “But what about Bowling Green?” he asked. “You know the supplier there is unsettled. Hungry farmers are popping up as revenuers. We need a presence there or I’m afraid we’ll lose our footing.”
    “James should be able to handle it until you or one of the DeCarmilla boys are back,” his father said.
    “Pop. I’m not sure. I need to make a deal with a new supplier. I haven’t finished…” he started, but his father cut him off.
    “Silas I think we all know this isn’t about supply .” He laughed looking like an older version of Trick. “That pretty little thing will be waitin’ for ya to come back with open arms, I’m sure.”
    Silas clenched his jaw. He didn’t like being mocked… especially in the room full of snickering people.
    His father continued, “And if what I understand from James and Trick is true, she may be able to handle that supply situation without you. I noticed you left out some of the details on how you met that sweet young girl. I’ve also heard that you have pissed off a family there that runs a local supply store so, it’s in your best interest to let us take care of her hometown for a while. Let the dust settle on some things.”
    “Pop, I don’t think we need to worry about that scumbag Thomas,” Silas said, shaking his head.
    “Yeah, but we might need to worry about his brother that just inquired about joining the police force. Nothing sure yet just some information James overheard might be true,” the older man said.
    Silas wondered how he was privy to all this of information. “Why didn’t James tell me any of this?”
    “He said you have been busy lately.” Michael McDowell smirked. “I need you to focus on your job again, son.”
    Silas had been smacked right in his pride. And it hurt. His mouth hung open for a moment as he tried to think what to say. Never, ever, in his whole life had he been the one that had let things slip. Not at work. Not at home. Not at school. Not ever.
    The rest of the meeting passed. Silas kept him self focused. Carefully noting each detail in his mind. He would not screw this up. When the meeting was over and the room started to empty, he went up to his father. “I’m sorry, pop. I should have known about Thomas’s brother. We have a pretty good relationship with the local police, his joining isn’t likely to cause us any trouble but I still should have been more careful.”
    “I had no doubt you would get it together. Just pay attention… put your focus on work. When we get this sorted,” his father