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‘The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man’ Chapters

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I’m afraid. I’m afraid, and I don’t know why. I glance around out my windshield. If I’m in any danger at all it’s from this road

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Chapters 3 & 4

In the shocked silence following Jimmy’s fall I tracked his trajectory back to its source: a nasty-looking guy

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Chapters 5 & 6

On the way to Traverse City Kermit checked his mobile phone every ten minutes, announcing over and over

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Chapters 7 & 8

Alan had been like a loose tooth—irritating and constantly demanding attention—but when it is finally gone

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Chapters 9 & 10

Alan and I spent the half-hour drive from Suttons Bay to Traverse City with me trying to bring Alan up to speed

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Chapters 11 & 2

“My name is Nathan Burby,” he told me, holding out what turned out to be a professionally soft, dry, funeral-director

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Chapters 13 & 14

My words hung in the air for what seemed a full minute. Strickland hid his surprise behind those steely eyes.

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Chapters 15 & 16

Katie spotted me and came right across the floor without hesitation. She held out her hand like we were going

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Chapters 17 & 18

The Black Bear was like an easy chair in my mind: worn, comfortable, familiar. When I opened the door the shock

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Chapters 19 & 20

Strickland left me sitting in the tiny lobby of the sheriff’s department for half an hour in what was probably

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Chapters 21 & 22

“Ruddy! Take it easy, you’re okay, you’re okay,” Alan urged. I realized I had been shouting incoherently.

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Chapters 23 & 24

I imagined her in her travel trailer but she was standing in the house doorway, framed in yellow backlight

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Chapters 25 & 26

Financially choking on the bounces from the bank, Becky had finally figured out how to call the person

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Chapters 27 & 28

Strickland was quiet for so long I was afraid he was thinking of just pulling his weapon and shooting me.

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Chapters 29 & 30

I came awake in darkness and in the middle of a gasping, choking spasm. Water flowed from my mouth

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Chapter 31 and Epilogue

After I had trudged halfway up the hill I thought of something and reversed course, dashing back

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‘The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man’

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