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When I got to the doorway, I stuck ht It appeared to be clear, so I started out of the bedrooirl in h the ot to the doorway of the house, the stinging bite of a bullet piercedaround The ht’ve shot in uy in the shoulder, sending hi open the front door, I waited for any gunfire in response When everything re into the night, I saw one of the relief vans sitting outside the gates My left leg dragged slightly behind me as I hustled as fast as I could I was halfway across the courtyard when an explosion rocketed through the coround

The next few seconds ticked by agonizingly, as if the world had slowed to a crawl The blast had robbedcotton inwith various voices yelling

"Colanced up to see Chulo standing over rabbed my arirl "Fuck, man You’ve been hit"

"It ain’t bad She’s in worse shape," I replied

"You sure you got her?"

I nodded "You just cover our asses, so I don’t get nailed again"

"You got it"

Carrying Annabel with ate Just as we reached the van, Breakneck cahting up

His question causedto kill his hope Finally, I shook my head "No, man, this isn’t Sarah I found her in Mendoza’s private quarters She’s been beaten almost to death"

Breakneck’s face fell "It’s not my Sarah?"

"I’unfire tore our attention to as happening beyond the gate Our group of , while others were barely li Most were covered in blackened soot and ash

"What the fuck happened?" I deirls" Bishop shook his head "It was rigged with explosives The second we got through the alarm system, so coward’s defense strategy Destroy the evidence of your criht In this case, Mendoza sacrificed the lives of the young women for no reason at all

When I openedwide-eyed at the flaht sky It was painful to watch as the realization washed over hionized cry tore froround To come this far only to lose Sarah in the end was brutal