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"You ain’t foolin’ h comes out completely possessed "You couldn’t just keep your nose outtaup!" I back up a step when he turns his attention back to Coop "Stop fuckin’closer to Coop by a step It’s like a night E in front of Eht at hio It’s me that you have issues with; these people are just innocent bystanders Okay? I’ll go with you, and we can go get the ain, and I know that he isn’t going to be reasoned with
I just need one ht there on the floor I take a step back, hookup slohere he can’t see it Luckily, we’re at an angle where he can’t see the bottom part of my body since he’s moved closer to Coop
"Adaun, and we can go in the back and figure this out You want souy? We can do that Coun" Coop rab the strap and pull un is in my hands before he even has a second to notice I’ve ht feels like the only lifeline I have right now
"Oh, really? I don’t wanna do anything stupid? Yous idiots can’t protect me from D He will find me, and since I’m already a dead man walkin’, there ain’t shit to stopblondie’s head off first"
It’s as if the world starts only working in slow ht at Easps but doesn’t even oes statue still I screaun, but before I even have it halfway up fro the cha I watch with helpless, stone-cold dread as Coop flings his body to the side His large frame jolts when he takes the bullet meant for Emmy’s head
"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" I screahs, and before I can pop the safety and shoot, I hear another shot echo around the roo I have ever felt in h my left shoulder, but I don’t even falter This sick bastard just shot my friend, and I’ll be damned if anyone else here takes a bullet It seems to take forever, but really, it’s only been seconds since Coop hit the floor, before I take a deep breath and fire my oeapon When the recoil rocks me back, I lock my knees and keep my eyes trained on the sick fuck that just took un, and with a sob, I rush towards where Coop’s body is lying motionless on the black tile floor My ears hurt frohout the office, and it takesfromto the floor next to him "COOP! Oh, God… Zeke Cooper, open your eyes, please! HELP! SOMEONE HELP US!" He opens his eyes for a second, but they slip closed just as I’ his heavy body into my arht in the ood
"EMMY! Come on, Em, help me"
She doesn’t even move
"COOP, wake up, Babe! Please, God…" My sobs start to echo around me I lean back, pull ainst his sto to stop short of trying everything
I know they had to have heard the shots next door There is no da for the only person that can be any help now Unless the guys in the back open that door, there is no way they can hear anything happening, but I keep trying
"Coop, please… stay with ainst his wound, but when the blood starts co my hands, I start to panic
"FUCK!" I’, but he is immediately by my side He pulls his shirt off and puts it on top ofmove"
He bends down and speaks in Coop’s ear Coop’s eyes open and he tries to nod his head, but his eyes widen before a sickening wet groan cohs once and aout of his mouth I try to shift , butdohen I lose my traction I look down and notice the a in
"Maddox!"
I call hi at Emmy as he barks orders into the phone She still hasn’tdown her face, and her s with so oing into shock Shit
I see a flash of hot pink and long blond hair rush pastI look up for a second to see Chelcie with her ar her head back and forth
It doesn’t take long before Beck, Greg, and Axel co Sway They don’t waste any ti into action I don’tthe two soaked shirts against his solid abdo the 911 operator the rest of the details before slinging the phone across the rooot it Go get Eh voice, thick with emotion, tells Maddox when he moves to come back to Coop He looks torn for a second between the hting his feelings for With a heavy sob, he picks hi She doesn’t move, but he picks her up from the chair and quickly carries her over to one of the couches "Chelcie, findnow!" His tone snaps her attention froh the office