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We just needed a few et the faht back," he said, then, an instant later, "Okay, they are all untied, and the teaht the spike of elation and found I didn’t have to fight it too hard One of theet me off the porch They’d decided to tie me up and put me in the shed to die, but no one wanted to pick me up, probably thanks to my inspired decision to pass out in my own vomit It was also an excellent rape deterrent

My hair was a les And, sadly, the aforementioned vomit It stuck to the blood on my face so that even if I’d wanted to see, I couldn’t have The ain to roll me another couple of feet Tears pushed past ave up and picked up one of oing to pull you off the edge," Angel said He started to panic "The side of the porch is at least a five-foot drop The fall will break your neck Hold on" He ain He ca down the hall" He sounded more excited than afraid "Get ready to run"

But did the FBI have all the Vandenbergs out? I needed to know

"The big one is turning around," he said, the panic filtering back into his voice again "I think he heard soroaned and pretended to coave a halfhearted kick at the ave me the perfect excuse to protect my head when he pulled me off the porch I landed with a thud that knocked my breath away, but I’d curled up a little and protectedthe side of the porch andon ot their attention"

Then, in an act that defied ination, it was so fast and so decisive, three shots were fired alh suppressed rifles I opened my eyes and scraped at the hair in front of them in tih the porch slats, in my peripheral vision, I could see the otherhad been choreographed

The team had killed them A sniper in the trees across the road took out the one closest to ot the other two All headshots All perfect

I scraain

A feel played with the Vandenbergs’ Gerent Carson?" I asked

She nodded and sat beside hed softly "We’ve already met"

"Yes, we have"

"You came into the diner yesterday Why didn’t you introduce yourself?"

She shrugged one shoulder "I couldn’t have told you anything anyway And I didn’t need anything else froet it Love ’eirl I a to her Comfortable Like an old pair of jeans --

"But I still have to arrest you"

-- that had been rolled in a cactus plant "No shit?"

"No shit You interfered with an ongoing investigation --"

"Yeah, but you were only investigating because I told you to"

"There is that I’ll talk to es reduced"

I was hoping for dismissed

"You cut yourself up pretty bad," a man said from beside me

I turned to see Bobert there He handed me a cup of coffee, and I kind of wanted to make out with hi here?"

"Giving Agent Carson a hand"

"Can you convince her to drop the charges?"