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No!

I ed to keep the protest toas fast as I could Vincent took off ahead of ht of hih so he’d have eyes on me the entire time I wasn’t sure and it didn’t matter

I was breathing hard by the time we reached a small shed just beyond the house Vincent ht to see Cain’s rental car in front of the house There were two ht next to it

So Eric had brought help and he hadn’t bothered trying to hide it

Another gunshot sounded I felt around the gun I was holding and flicked the safety switch to the off position

“Stay behind me,” Vincent ordered

I nodded, but wasn’t sure if he saw the acknowledges were burning fro soun drawn More shots were volleyed and I looked up at the house long enough to see the h the second-floor s

I sent up a silent thank you because I had to believe that every shot fired meant Cain was likely still alive

But as we reached the front door, the shots stopped I wanted to rush past Vincent and get into the house to find Cain, but I ood to Cain dead

My eyes had adjusted pretty well to the dark so I was able to see Vincent’s hand gestures as he silently communicated with me I stayed behind hiht appeared in front of us, but I realized it was coht showed that the front door opened into a living room There was furniture, but it looked old The house s It was like the place had been forgotten in time

Vincent’s light fell on a body lying on the living roouy’s head where he’d been struck with so from both knees I sed hard as I realized he’d been shot in both of them To my amazement, I saw the un which was more than a foot away from the man’s empty hand He tucked it into his waistband and then continuedforward We swept the entire first floor quickly, encountering another body in the kitchen He too was still alive and had exactly the same injuries as the first man