Charlie’s hand shot out to switch off the flashlight as they neared the end.

He dropped his voice to a whisper strained with tension.

“Movement ahead.

Silence now!”

They pressed their backs against the cold, wet wall of the tunnel as a pair of voices approached, illuminated intermittently by a wandering beam of Light.

“The colleagues upstairs get holidays, yet here we are, stuck on guard,” grumbled one guard to another.

“It’s all because our boss got nabbed by the cops.

Without her, we’re stuck pulling these endless shifts.

“Still no word on the boss? It’s been two days.

Is there anything wrong?”

“Pfft! She’s a Chadwich.

She’s got the Compton family in her corner.

Who’d dare touch her?”

of

heard? The Chadwich family’s got both the Juarez and

scanned the area with

heavy hitters have been

point of us being down

“Quit your bellyaching.

the boss is back, we’re golden,”

Hannah gave Charlie’s shoulder a

was a hushed, barely perceptible whisper,

They swapped places smoothly.

light from

her her flashlight slipped pocket, fingers wrapping around the cool metal

sent it spinning through the

struck with a

metal hitting the ground interrupted the conversation outside-not a loud noise, yet enough to jolt

A pause.

its jittery dance across the tunnel walls

“Did you hear that?”

two figures instantly tensed, their senses on high

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