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tion from where Tom stood He was supposed to be with Jackson Conaway, our lawyer, working out soistics for when the trials started and Dane was fully sequestered

In atone, Amano added, “If it were up to Dane, he’d save the bullets and kill you with his bare hands I’ll be sparing you the drawn-out agony by si you in the head”

I gasped

Aht that Tom was the culprit, our breach in security Now apparently Amano had crept up behind To! All I kneas that a standoff ensued … and I didn’t expect Tom to amiably surrender and back away These people didn’t operate that way It was all or nothing when it came to this precarious endeavor

My sto around the ht tank top at his spine I leaned toward hiether and I swayed a little as horror rolled through me

Kyle muttered, “Step back, Ari”

“Behind the counter,” Dane added “Crouch low”

I was afraid to un pointed at my husband, and Kyle in the line of fire as well

“Do it,” Kyle insisted “He’s got no clear shot of you Trust us”

I did—explicitly That didn’t keepfrom head to toe

“Ari,” Kyle practically snarled “Fucking do it!”

I released his shirt, hunched down, and crept to the end of the island, hunkering further, not daring to steal a peek around the corner for fear there was soh to get to me

Then I relass patio doors behind lance over my shoulder and watched in the reflection of the panes as the impasse unraveled

“Stand down,” Dane said to the gunman

“You know I can’t do that”