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"Lana?"

"Yeah, that’s it Lana Please letmy neck"

Caleb only wished He loosened the pressure just a bit "Did you break into Lana’s office?"

"Yeah"

"You shot her coworker" It wasn’t a question Caleb knew the , his voice raun just went off, and then there was al this blood"

Caleb let go of the ust He took some plastic flex-cuffs from Grant and bound Dennis’s wrists behind him, then did the same with the man’s ankles

"Cal Hart," he told Grant "Tel him we’ve found Stacie’s shooter, and have hiet back to Lana"

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

It took only a fewbehind hian to secure the scene, though they were carefuly staying away from Nelson’s private property until the search warrant arrived

Caleb sat Dennis at the curb so Hart would be free to arrest hi foot on his property He didn’t want anything uy who shot Stacie?" asked Hart, his hazel eyes sharp as he looked at the un is in the top drawer of his dresser, so you can do the balisticsto do, but I need to get back to Lana"

"I want protection," pleaded Dennis

"Does thatStacie Craet ht now"

Hart gave Caleb a questioning look "Is he sane?"

"Far as I know I suggest you do as he says and get him somewhere less out in the open Heattehts and hustled Dennis to the nearest patrol car "Thanks Lana and Stacie wil be thriled to knoe found the guy"

"You’l find his prints al over the bomb, but I don’t think he’s the one who built it"

Hart helped Dennis ease into the backseat without hitting his head "On the way here, I had his record checked He was photographed running several red lights last night

Al on the street leading away from the youth center"

"My boss said I had to hurry or one," wailed Dennis

Caleb waited until Hart shut the car door and lowered his voice so it couldn’t be heard inside the patrol car "He’s being set up for the bo I think the real boave Caleb a skeptical frown "How the hel do you know al that?"

"Just putting two and two together Finaly cah How’s Lana holding up?"

Hart shrugged "She took off as soon as she knew you were safe I o hoet some rest"

"Thanks"

Caleb’s phone vibrated When he answered it, Monroe was on the other end Without preamble, he said, "Kara escaped"

"What?" belowed Caleb

Lana was alone Unprotected Caleb felt his skin ice over with fear

"We were transporting her to a uards were kiled Three more injured"

"Where and when did this happen?" Caleb was already heading for the car

"She took one of the guard’s cars The authorities are looking for it, but ht Foundation Kara’s had plenty of time to make it back to town, and she’l want to eliht"

"Too late for that," said Caleb as he hung up the phone

Caleb tried not to panic, but it was a close thing Lana was alone, and Kara was free to hurt her

"Everything okay?" asked Grant, hot on his heels as Caleb reached the car

"No Kara escaped She’s going after Lana"

"Let ear in the trunk"

By "gear" heGrant, lots of theot her voice ot caught in traffic or so home before he did

Lana unlocked her apartment door and went inside It took her eyes a second to adjust frohtness outside, and when they did, she saw Phil slued bulet hole in his temple Blood and pulpy chunks of brain were splattered across the fraround to a halt as she tried to make sense of what she saw Lana turned her head toward a blinking light that caught her attention A sled so that it could capture the s it was recording

Kara leveled a gun at Lana and gave her a cold sh, don’t you?"