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“Everyone freeze”

She heard a groaning noise coe of the steps, where Peter had pointed his rifle and had likely fired the three shots It sounded al down there?

“Peter,” Joan called out froured out what you did I know that it was you all along And if you drop that gun, we can talk about it”

Again, Peter lifted the gun sight to his eye This ti his rifle directly at Joan But before he could squeeze

off a shot, Joan fired

Not once, but three times

And the sound of the gun was not pytoo, pytoo, pytoo

It was BAM, BAM, BAM

The sound was deafening, and the aftershocks echoed off the exterior walls of the tiny cottage Peter yelped, grabbed his gut, and went down to the ground His body curled into a ball

At thatacross the lawn from the direction of the main house

And he was screa, “Peter, Peter! Oh, my God, Joan! You shot Peter!”

Chapter 26

Claire had left her handbag at the breakfast table, which meant that she didn’t have a phone on her

Holy shit, she didn’t have a phone

She ran past Joan over to the rass The otherPeter’s head and pleading with hi him not to die