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“Hands up Are you deaf or do you just want to die?”

Slowly, he lifted his hands above his head “Anna, you don’t want to do this This can all be worked out, the way I understand it”

“Really? That’s why Sheriff Wolfe has an APB out on one as well as she’d hoped, but now she realized that having Henry’s help was needed No ould Ashley open the door for her But for Henry the bitch would

Nic’s exciten thatclose

“Welcome to Destiny, the best-kept secret in Colorado”

Ashley’s doorbell rang, startling her awake She glanced at the ne on her television and realized she must have fallen asleep when the winner of the earlier one had been announced

The doorbell rang again

It was alht Who could that be at this hour?

Quietly, she stepped to her door and looked out the peephole Henry was standing on the other side of her door

As she turned the lock, she said, “Henry, is everything okay?”

“Don’t unlock your door, Ashley,” he yelled

But it was too late

She heard a muffled sound followed by a loud thud

Her door swung open