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She tiptoed closer to the door and placed her ear to the wall Maybe if she could hear so on Mara cahtly

There were several loud pops similar to the sound of firecrackers Except Kaylee was pretty sure no one was celebrating

"Did you hear that?"

Mara looked back at her The fear in her eyes echoed the rising hysteria Kaylee felt They both backed away frounshots to me," Mara whispered

Kay took Hope from Mara and held her close Hope peered around them curiously but didn’t cry Kay buried her face in the baby’s soft curls Even though help was on the way, she had no idea where Eli and Matt were or whether they’d been in the house when those gunshots had been fired All she could do was hope and pray they were safe

"Please let theht Please Please"

CHAPTER TWENTY

AT THE SOUND of gunshots they all stopped and turned in unison "Oh my God What was that? Did he shoot Kay?" Sasha whirowled as he pushed to the front of the van He wasn’t even sure he believed her story, but it was just crazy enough to be true Either way he looked at it, Sasha had led trouble right to their doorstep Even if she hadn’t ot hurt then none of that lass on the back door," Matt said He pointed to one of the screens It was a grainy picture, but he could clearly see the entire back sliding glass door had been set in there" He pulled out his weapon, satisfied that he at least hadn’t walked out of the house unarmed, then checked the clip "I need more firepower"

Tank took the Beretta he held and handed him the Glock 23 he always carried "What’s our plan?"

"The plan is for o in there and put a round in whoever the hell just broke into o in there alone," Matt said

Eli clie of the van and shoved the doors open "Kay is in there and so is your sister Do you want to sit here and talk about plans when they could have a gun to their heads right now?"

Tank grabbed him by the back of the collar and yanked hirip felt like iron Eli was a solid 220 pounds ofdoll

"Maybe you’re going to fire o in there alone," Tank growled "I get it Your girl is in there But you’re not doing her any favors by charging in with no plan in place Kaylee is so and Eli rolled his shoulders Adrenaline flowed through his systeo for the othersense; intellectually he knew that But Kay could be in trouble right now and he was standing outside talking He needed to get in there He needed to save her