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Aet the hell out of here before he cooes to work on her bonds When she’s done untying her, they both stand and Rook takes the baby again "We need to get outside," Rook says "We can make a run for Shrike Bikes"

They both run to the stairs and pull open the door, listening for footfalls or voices They , because they both disappear inside

I follow the as silently as I can in un out I check the chamber to make sure I’m ready, and then I pull the door open and follow theo slowly, Rook desperate to keep Kate froiveaways to anyone who cohts above them when I hear a small squeak from the door directly below me

I freeze

The door closes quietly Kate is loud now, and Rook cannot contain her crying, so the e and leaps down the stairs, once, then again Rook is screa… and I’un at him before I even have a moment to think about it

I aim for his chest and fire The bullet hits the wall and shatters the plaster

He turns at me and I duck back A bullet whizzes up the stairwell and hits the ceiling Heavy footsteps thunder down the stairs and Kate’s cries die Tony follows the to save hiht on his tail

Fuck Bobby Mansi, I’ht now

Tony slams the door open and exits and three seconds later I follow, rip on the baby I watch in horror as he takes possession of the hysterical child just as a car pulls into the garage A door swings open and Ashleigh is out and running towards us

"No!" I screarabs Kate, just as Bobby takes a shot at me I duck back inside the stairwell as the cinderblock crumbles off to the side of my head

What the fk was that? Am I on his teaun like he was born holding it