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There were at least thirty people standing in front of the cottage, all of theun, Mr Quinlan, or we’ll shoot the woht At least the old folk hadn’t automatically shot thee All the bravado about preferring a gunshot to a fire--was bullshit Nobody wanted to die Now they had some time--at least he prayed they did

Quinlan nodded to Corey She threw his SIG-sauer right at Reverend Hal Vorhees It landed close to his feet

"Good, now lay that madman down, Amabel next to hiht He’s nothing more than a filthy traitor He made Amabel turn on us Co to a church service, Reverend?"

"Just shut up, Mr Quinlan," Hunker Dawson said

"A helicopter will be arriving in just about five minutes, Hal," Quinlan said after he’d dropped St John to the ground, landing him in the middle of Amabel’s daffodils

"We called the FBI office in Portland froe Sheriff David Mountebank’s deputies will be here soon as well"

Actually the deputies should have been here long ago Where the devil were they?

"No, we took care of the deputies," Gus Eisner said "Co about that helicopter Besides, it don’t one by the tiet aith this," Sally said "Never Don’t you have any idea at all what you’re dealing with?"

"Look at us, Sally," Sherry Vorhees said "Just look at all these nice old people We wouldn’t even kill mosquitoes, noould we? Who would deal with us? Why, there’s nothing to deal with I’d invite them all in for soone far beyond that now," Sally said, stepping forward

Reverend Hal Vorhees iher "Listen, to me," Sally went on "Everyone knows that Jaents are here They’ll rave in the ce people reported over the past three years It’s all over Please, be reasonable about this Give it up"

"Shut up, Sally," said Hunker Dawson "All of you, enough of this bullshit Let’s go"

"Yes, sure thing, Hunker," Quinlan said They had more time How much more, he had no idea But even one more minute meant hope

They walked like condemned prisoners in front of the mob He are of the unreality about the whole situation even as he felt fear seeping deep into him

Quinlan said over his shoulder, "What will you preach on this Sunday, Hal? The rewards of evil? The spiritual high ofto bring justice to people ere brutally ered froh," Gus Eisner said "Just shut up You’re upsetting the ladies"

"I’m not upset," Corey said "I’d like to pull out all your teeth and listen to you screaood punishht and winked at Corey She looked furious Tho hi soits toll, that and shock

Sally was trudging along beside hihtful He said out of the side of his mouth, real low, so maybe all those old people wouldn’t hear hi Hell, I could take at least a dozen of the old guys, no problem Could you pound the old ladies?"

That made her so back and get Amory St John They just left hiet away My aunt, well, I don’t know, but she’s not quite the aunt I’d hoped she was"

An understateht Another blow for her, another person she’d believed she could trust had betrayed her Thank God her ht come to like Noelle St John a lot in the future If he had a future