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Parker didn’t want to distract hiht She struggled to get into a sitting position, feeling entirely too vulnerable lying on the floor Garrett heard her grunts and a s onto the front of Milo’s shirt with his fist in the air, and then turned his head towards her

"Parker!" Garrett shouted "Are you hit?"

He scanned Parker’s face and body for any sign of a gunshot wound but she was curled into herself and he couldn’t see clearly She was struggling to sit up so he took that as a good sign As soon as Milo had fired off the shot at her, Garrett hadn’t even realized how loudly he’d screaun on her in slow th he hadn’t even known he possessed and charged Milo Garrett had barreled into the side of hi across the floor in the process

Milo took advantage of Garrett’s hesitation as he checked on Parker and brought his fist up to the side of Garrett’s head The force of the blow toppled Garrett off of hi it up and scra further away frohting, Garrett," Milo told him as he stood up, spit some blood out of his mouth, and then wiped his chin with the back of one hand "Don’t you want to die with dignity? Let’s make this quick so I can leave with hter ca to sneak out of the room undetected as soon as Garrett shoved him away and went for Milo He’d seen Milo shoot his friend Felipe without any warning He knew exactly what his fate would be if he stuck around in this base out of Milo’s mouth made it hard for him to keep quiet He knew he’d never ood neas he would have the last laugh

"I’rily as he pointed the gun in his direction

"Si, señor I find it funny that you actually believe your father has any plans on taking you with hi his hands in his pockets and leaning up against the wall

"You don’t knohat you’re talking about Of course he’s taking me with him I’m his son I’m the heir to his business and his only descendant," Milo explained with a frustrated roll of his eyes

Milo cocked his gun, figuring he uard up as well before he moved on to Parker and Garrett

"You are a fool You honestly think you are his only heir? You think all of the wo? Right now three of his sons are upstairs working as guards He pros he’s promised you Only he didn’t order their execution before he left," Alejandro explained with a s smile

The color drained frouard spoke He didn’t want to believe they were true, but deep down, he knew they were He was and alould be a loser A little boy that no one gave a shit about, always getting the raw end of the deal when everyone around hi their hearts desired He knew he could never live up to his father’s expectations, and his father knew that as well With every turn in his life, he’d ht back when his stepfather used hi He chose tohe would always be an outsider and only given those things out of pity Milo had chosen his father’s twisted life over the frivolous idea of love and friendship, thinking it would finally be his turn And now, once again, he was being cast aside like garbage

"I’ve been listening overupstairs The employees aren’t happy hat you and your father have done to their wo to come down here and tear you limb from limb Your father knew that would happen He knew, and he walked out that door figuring if you were still alive when he left, you wouldn’t be for long," Alejandro said set what you deserve, little boy"

Milo didn’t want to hear anyun and fired off four rounds directly into Alejandro’s self-righteous face before turning the gun on Garrett

"Well, that ell," Cole muttered as heavily armed employees filed past them and down the hall to show theive theood idea It probably saved our asses," Austin replied as the three men pulled their weapons back out of their holsters and followed the mob down several different hallways

Brady suddenly heard crackling and sporadic words coh the palace, he pressed his finger to the button on his throat

"Brady here, come in Over"

Austin and Cole looked back at Brady questioningly when they heard hied in reply and heard more static and part of a word every few seconds

"This is Chief Brady Marshall, can you repeat that last co static, a voice caood to hear your voice It’s Captain Risner I’m outside with an extraction teaot the place surrounded We’re ready to move on your co in fro on the south side of the property We have intel that Fernandez is going to atteot a palace full of confused employees who seem to be sympathetic to our side but are pissed as hell at Fernandez and want first crack at hiet out of here alive with McCarthy and Parker We’ve got at least twenty heavily arer that Men are getting into position now and have visual on the helo Over"

The group of employees followed by the SEAL team stopped by a door at the end of the corridor The e of the employees pointed to the door and then saluted the tea his people off in another direction

Brady, Austin, and Cole let the that thetowards theunfire from behind the door that led to the base open the door and the men raced down the stairs

Milo took a step in Garrett’s direction and aiun, and before the bullet had been fully released into the chah his shoulder that took his breath away His legs gave out and he dropped to his knees, his hand went nuun clamored to the floor