Chapter 166

“Agreed, but if you put your heads together, I’m sure you can come up with something to keep him busy until help arrives.”

“Shove him off the roof,” Daw spat out. “It would be justifiable homicide.”

“And the cops couldn’t arrest us, because we don’t exist,” Russ added with a brief smile.

“Maybe not,” Jon said. “But we do have consciences. I’m not sure I could live with mine if I killed someone unless it was self-defense.”

“Even to save another life?” Tonio asked.

“I don’t know,” Jon replied, his expression troubled.

“Yeah, you do,” Brody said, gripping Jon’s shoulder. “When it comes down to it, all of us could. We know what it’s like to be dead. I, for one, wouldn’t wish that on anyone else. We can’t get back our lives, but for damned sure we can save someone else’s if at all possible.”