Chapter 70

Daniel grabs me by the hand, pulling me to the south side of

the room where a terrace balcony runs. Kent is close behind us,

providing cover. There’s a door there at the corner of the room and I’m filled with relief when I see it – but suddenly, a man jumps in

front of it –

A man all in black, wearing a ski mask-

I stop short and start to pull Daniel back, but my act is disrupted when I hear a BANG at my ear and scream again, clutching the side of my face.

The man in front of us falls and Daniel bolts forward, dragging me with him, I turn slightly to look behind at Kent and see a gun in his

hand-

What the how the hell did he –

“Go, Fay!” he yells at me, clearly frustrated at my delay.

the door and pushes it

darts out, quickly scanning–then I hear more noise, see his. finger pulse again as

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to process anything as Kent yells “clear!” and Daniel pulls me through the door. We run ahead of Kent then as he follows closely

watching our backs.

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we’re stepping over – there’s blood on the ground – one of the men on the ground

can’t think, can

the end of the terrace and wait for Kent to pass us. He goes down the stairs first, expertly sweeping the area, firing

shouts up and we start down the stairs. “Fucking hurry,

we get to the bottom there is a moment of quiet

eyes darting between us. “I don’t know who did it, but this is a setup, targeted at us. They want one of us

I nod and I feel my panic subside

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command. I trust him to

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those fucking things off your feet,” he says and I hurry to pull them off, standing barefoot on the cement at the bottom of

looks around

going to make a run for it,” he says, gesturing a hand out towards the golf course spreading out before us. “Across the greens, into the darkness. Head for the trees,

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