“Bennett?” I asked when he came to my side. I took another step away from Ellis, putting as much distance between us as I could.

Ellis still had a challenging smirk on his lips as he looked me up and down and then moved his eyes to Bennett.

“What are you doing here?” I asked. I chewed the inside of my cheek and shifted my weight from one foot to the other.

“I was at work and got an incoming report about a boy that was injured. There was talk of ...