"I feel like someone just punched me in the face," Sparkle agreed. And swallowed. And glanced Atton's way. "He said it'd be easier to get me off the hook for the arson and even to build a case that I had reason to fear for my own safety if I went to prison if we go after Lewis first."

And Sparkle sure as hell wanted to stick it to Lew. But he'd sort of, in his head, had the order of operations in reverse.