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Chapters (104)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for The Request
  3. ALSO BY DAVID BELL
  4. Dedication
  5. PROLOGUE
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. CHAPTER TWO
  8. CHAPTER THREE
  9. CHAPTER FOUR
  10. CHAPTER FIVE
  11. CHAPTER SIX
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT
  14. CHAPTER NINE
  15. CHAPTER TEN
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  17. CHAPTER TWELVE
  18. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  23. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  24. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  85. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  86. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
  87. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
  88. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
  89. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
  90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
  91. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
  92. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
  93. CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
  94. CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
  95. CHAPTER NINETY
  96. CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
  97. CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
  98. CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
  99. CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
  100. Readers Guide
  101. Questions for Discussion
  102. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  103. About the Author
  104. What’s next onyour reading list?

“We talked about that before I ever got involved with the Pig. I wasn’t going to do it if it caused problems for her or her family. But she said it was okay with her, that people have to move on. It’s over, Blake.”

His face suddenly grew serious. “Is it over for Emily Steiner and her family, Ryan? Limping around with a shattered leg and a speech impediment? Having to live with her parents all these years instead of finishing high school with her classmates and going off to college? Their other child dead.”

“You’ve made your point. I haven’t forgotten them. I never can.”

“Things are tough today, Ryan. The political climate. Everything is so politically correct. If the people you worked with, the clients at your company who you help with their social media and branding campaigns . . . Would they want a PR guy who had his name smeared all over the news for killing someone? Would Warren Manufacturing want their screen doors being branded by someone who committed vehicular homicide? Or the people who buy your beer at the Pig—would they buy your beer if they found out the role you really played in that girl getting killed? If they found out you were the one driving and not Aaron. Think of the clients you’d lose, Ryan, the money. The business. The charities you’ve supported. Which ones are they? The local chapter of MADD, right? The women’s shelter?”

“I said you made your point.”

“What if everyone found out, Ryan? Hell, the police. There’s no statute of limitations on felonies in Kentucky. Did you know that?”

But he’d lost me. I was shaking my head.

“I’m not going to do it,” I said. “And the only person who could expose me is you. Are you saying you’re going to tell everyone I was driving that night if I don’t do this . . . this asinine request?”

Blake remained silent for a moment. A new scent reached my nostrils . . . a burning pastry, something left in a toaster too long. It acted as an irritant, almost causing me to sneeze. The barista waved a towel around behind the counter, fanning smoke, her face creased with disgust.