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FROM BAD TOO WORSE

FROM BAD TOO WORSE LUKE

A deafening crack rang out as Sarah pulled the trigger. The bullet ricocheted off the ceiling, sending shards of plaster raining down. Jess screamed, clutching Laura, both dropping to the floor.

"No!" I roared, my heart hammering as I launched myself at Sarah.

I slammed into her, knocking the gun from her hand as it skidded across the kitchen floor. Sarah shrieked, thrashing wildly beneath me. Her nails scraped against my arms and face, but I didn't let go, pinning her to the ground with every ounce of strength I had. "You ruined everything!" she screamed, her voice raw and cracking. "This was supposed to fix it! You don't understand, Luke! I was trying to help you!"

Her voice spiraled into incoherent sobs, the desperation in her words cutting through the chaos.

"Josh!" I bellowed, not daring to look away from Sarah. "Get the gun!"

But Josh wasn't listening.

"Oh my God," he whispered, his voice trembling. "There's blood- Luke, Laura's been shot!"

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seeped between her fingers, staining her dress and pooling on the floor beneath. Laura. Josh was kneeling beside her, his hands hovering uselessly over Laura's wound.

voice breaking as he tried to reassure her. "Help is coming. You're going

nodded faintly, her lips trembling, but

dragging my attention back to her. She bucked against

sound of sirens grew louder, piercing the air and drowning out Sarah's frantic rambling. A

where we can see

raw as I held

One of them grabbed

my chin toward Sarah as the officers restrained

as the officers pinned her hands behind her back. "They're lying!"

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"You don't understand! I was trying to save him! I was

her wrists as they hauled her to

her voice soft and eerie now, her wild eyes locking onto mine. "You'll all

voice snapped me

pressing against the wound,

on cue, EMTS rushed in with stretchers and medical kits. The sight of them

over me.

lot of blood," Jess stammered, her voice cracking as

began checking Laura's vitals, speaking in calm, clinical

shoulders, his face hovering close to hers. "You're okay, babe," he murmured again, his voice

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