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My Penny My gorgeous future wife

Darren stepped back “You’re not”

“I a to marry hiet back in the car and drive before you get hurt”

He gaped then looked at me “You did this”

“Darren,” Penny said, warning

Before Darren could speak, gunshots cracked the air

I grabbed Penny and flung her to the ground, covering her with my body

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Penny

Present Day

The Chicago suburbs

The gunshots broke the tense standoff Kaspar grabbedlike a human shield

Michaels shouted fro a break for it”

“Are you okay?” Kaspar asked

“I’ing ht pop out

“Sorry” He relaxed slightly “You’re really going to marry me?”

“Yes, but we can talk about this later”

“I love you, Penny”

“I know you do Seriously, though Maeve? My brother?”

He grunted, kissedat the strip club

Kaspar hesitated, unsure what to do, before dragging me to Darren’s line of SUVs We crouched next to hi lot

Kaspar’sin Another squad came from the opposite side, probably Redrowl asin all directions They were getting mowed down by Kaspar’s boys

“This shouldn’t be happening,” Darren said “Why wouldn’t she stay in there? Let us come to her?”

“She thinks you’re on hter

He was right, I realized in a flash I laughed, unable to help ht? But her spies are all gone She’s blind”

“Blind and panicking,” Kaspar agreed, looking at me like I was love incarnate “She saw Darren pull up, watched our conversation, and figured ere on the same side”

“Should’ve gotten a better lip reader then,” Darren grumbled

More gunfire cracked out Kaspar’s aze away Too much blood, tooorders: breach the building, sweep inside, find Maeve Bring her out alive