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He’d o, but Saturday only days before Objectively, he should think wanting this woman in his life for the next fifty years, ht, with everything quiet and the air war over the side of the cot, it seemed eht, and he chewed it over, decided it was an excellent thought, one of the best he’d ever had What was even better, he was thinking in a straight line

Sheabout her car exploding, feeling that she couldn’t breathe, that death was an instant away? He remembered how time had almost stopped until he’d pulled her under him as his car exploded He turned off the lamp and closed his eyes, content that his SIG was in his bedside drawer and a deputy was outside his door

Why didn’t they blow up our cars at the saone Why blow upaway in the alley last night? Because I was a witness, like Delsey is still a witness? She still wasn’t safe, he knew it, but there was nothing to do tonight

He heard Annasound in her sleep as his brain tottered on the edge of oblivion, and he ston, DC

Afterthem as the hall clock struck three o’clock Savich leapt out of bed, grabbed his SIG, and ran to the flashing alarhts came on as he read the LED: Motion detected, bedroom 2

He raced across the hall, Sherlock behind hi in theand barking around Sean’s legs "You guys are fast," Savich said "Don’t worry, it’s okay" He and Sherlock disappeared into Delsey’s bedroom and ran to theThey looked down An alue on the bushes below theht The ladder had tripped the alarm before the intruder could even clione Savich said to Sherlock, "Check all the upstairs s; I’ll take downstairs"

"You guys sure got out of bed fast," Sherlock said, pressing her SIG down along her leg as she patted Sean’s shoulder "Everything’s okay Sean, you and Delsey stay right here Astro the Mighty Dog will protect you I’ to check the s Routine, not to worry It’s probably a battery out" She are Delsey was staring at her, and she slad Sean couldn’t hear how heavy and fast her heart was puht back" She didn’t raise her SIG until she was out of sight again

Of course, Delsey knew the story about the battery was meant for Sean’s ears She calmed herself; she was the adult, she had to calm Sean She knelt down beside him and said in a chatty voice as she patted Astro’s head, "Alarms one off before," Sean said

"Well, there’s always a first time We’ll stay here with Astro until your et back to sleep, okay?"

Sherlock walked back into the hallway to see Sean talking to Delsey, not a shadow of fear on his small face, bless her She smiled at them "It’s okay," she said, and at that moment, Dillon switched the alar than the blasting noise

Delsey knew by Sherlock’s face that so, that it was no htened for Sean But there was nothing she could do, nothing at all She kept stroking Sean’s shoulder, petting Astro

Sherlock called out, "Dillon, we’re clear up here Everything’s shut and locked"

"Here, too," Savich shouted back

Delsey stepped back into her bedrooone off, and that ang thug in Maestro She sed convulsively She hadn’t realized Sean had followed her until she felt his small hand on her arm

"I wonder anted to come in your room, Delsey"

"I don’t know, Sean Maybe the postht about this "I don’t think so, Delsey, not at night Don’t worry, Mommy and Daddy will find out if the post"