Part 21

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"Hey. Hey. Hold still. Hold still. It's okay. Where is it? Where is it? Oh my... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." John B says taking his bandana and pushing it against the bullet wound on Sheriff Peterkin's.
Sarah and I stand there holding each other up in shock that our brother just shot someone.
"Dad!" Rafe yells.
"Hey. Wait" Dad says
"Hey!" Rafe yells pointing the gun to John В.
"Rafe no! Rafe!" Dad tells him
"Don't try it asshole." Rafe says seeing the radio in John b's hand
"Rafe...John B give me the radio." Dad tells him
"No" John B says
"Come on. Give me the radio. The damn radio." My dad says taking it from him
"Rafe I've got it. Calm down. Rafe put the gun down. I got it." Dad says
"Run" Sheriff Peterkin chokes out to John b
"I'm not leaving you" John B tells her
"He can't do anything" Dad says to Rafe
"Yeah" Rafe says
"He can't. I got you. You're okay" Dad tells Rafe
"Run!" Sheriff Peterkin says to John b again
"I'm sorry." John b tells her then he runs to Sarah and I
"Where are you goin'? Huh?" Rafe asks him
"Both of you need to go right now" I tell them
"Where you going John B?" Rafe asks him again
John b looks at me then takes off running
"Sarah go!" I tell her
"Stella!" My dad yells
"No!" I yell as rafe try's to shoot John b
"Rafe no! Wait! Rafe please!" Dad says stopping Rafe as Sarah and I run to Sheriff Peterkin.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" I tell her crying
"It's okay" she mumbles out

"You have to go Sarah please. Go find kie and stay with her" I tell her
"What about you?" Sarah asks me
"I'll be ok please just go" I beg her. She stands up with tears in her eyes before taking off
"Dad, I was trying to..." Rafe starts to say
"Shut up!" Dad yells then looks at me
"Where's sarah?" Dad asks me
I act dumb and look around
"I- I don't know." I say
"Sarah! Sarah?" He yells then looks back at me
"Stella" he says
"What?" I ask him
"Stella I need you to..." Dad starts to say
"No!" I yell
"I need you to get up" Dad says
"She is dying!" I yell at him
"Enough!" Dad yells at me
"What is wrong with you?" I ask him
"Take your sister home. Get her home." Dad tells Rafe
"What?" He asks
"Get her home. Take her home." He says again
"I'm not going until the medics come!" I yell at him
"Get her home! I'm calling!" Dad tells me
Rafe grabs me as I try to get him off
"I'm not going." I tell him
"You heard Dad" Rafe dragging me away
"Get your hands off me!" I yell
Rafe picks me up and carries me to the car
"I'm on the radio!" Dad tells me
"No!" I yell
"Stella look! I'm calling!" Dad tells me
"No! No!" I yell still trying to get out of rafe's grip
"I'm calling now! This is Ward Cameron! I need help" Dad says into the radio
"No! No! No! No! No!" I yell
"Runway five. I need help! Officer down!" Dad yells
"Get in the car." He says as he shoves me in closing the door
"Don't move!" He tells me then walks around and gets in the drivers seat

I try to clam my breathing but nothing was working
"She had the hammer back. You know that"
Rafe tells me
"No" I tell him
"She was gonna blow his head off" Rafe says
"No she was arresting him Rafe" I tell him
"Okay I couldn't sit there and let it happen, okay? She was gonna kill him. Yeah yeah. Yeah she was gonna kill him." Rafe says
I look at him with wide eyes before opening the door about to jump out
"Hey! Hey!" Rafe yells grabbing my arm
"Hey get back in!" He yells
"Ow! Rafe! No! Ow!" I yell
"What are you doing?" Rafe asks me
"Get off of me!" I say getting my arm out of his grip
"Swear to God all right! I've had it with your bullshit Stella! You need to focus. You understand me?" Rafe says
"Do you realize what you've done?" I ask him
"I saved Dad. What was I supposed to do okay?
Sit there hope for the best? Listen I'm a proactive type of person. Stella I'm a proactive type of person." He tells me while grabbing me
"Get off of me. Don't you dare touch me!" I yell pushing him off
"Hope is not a strategy okay?" Rafe tells me
"Rafe! Car!" I yell as a car was about to hit us
Rafe swerves back quickly and just keeps talking
"I'm the problem solver in this family okay?" He tells me
"Okay" I say quietly
"Okay?" Rafe yells
"Okay!" I yell back

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