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"I admit it won&039;t be easy to come back," he said

"Easy," she said She wasn&039;t avoiding his gaze any&039;s easy for you now, isn&039;t it? Everybody loves you The big hero Brent, if I go out there right noith you and turnto happen? Do you think they&039;ll give me a chance to explain? Or do you think they will just take me off to jail and let o to jail for a while," he admitted

"A while I&039;ot out I would be as old as Grandma Bank robbery, Brent Atte about what I did at Mandy&039;s house Assault and battery, on Grandma Who knohat else they can think up?"

Brent shook his head "So you won&039;t come with me You won&039;t come out of here peacefully"

"Actually, I will," she said

He blinked "You will?" She didn&039;t sound as if sheto walk out that door with you, arm in arm That way, they won&039;t shoot at me They&039;ll wonder if ht and that I should just give up Take what&039;s co to me Reform and become a model citizen They won&039;t believe it But maybe they&039;ll think it for just a second Which is all the tiie Just consider coo," she said, and stood up She hauled hiether they jumped over the teller counter and headed to the door "I&039;ll know if it&039;s working in a second"

"How?" he asked

"If they start shooting the second I appear in the , then they aren&039;t buying it Come on This way"

"And what if I refuse to help you?"

"Then," she said, "you can watch the police gun down your sister in cold blood, and you can spend the rest of your life knowing you could have stopped it, and you didn&039;t"

Brent squeezed his eyes shut That was exactly how he&039;d killed Dad, wasn&039;t it? By watching it happen and not doing anything He had no choice

"We&039;re co

Together they approached the revolving door They couldn&039;t both fit through at once, so Maggie pulled the h where the door had been

"Maybe we should put our hands up," Brent said, when he saw all the guns pointed at theent Weathers said, then, "hold on to her! But get your head down!"

Brent looked the other direction, to his right, and saw a police with his back to the wall of the bank, just outside the doors He had a shotgun and he was bringing it around to point at Maggie&039;s face

It was a setup Froie, juet her name out, the policeman fired