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“It’s okay as long as you promise to resuscitate me when I die of frustration”

“It’s a deal,” she whispered as she stretched up to kiss him

Lake’s ar her to his chest, and Kirstyto his grunt of need, and setting all about her probleht of it al her nails into those shoulders, she kissed him passionately

And then there was a scream

The scream worked like a bucket of ice water on Lake’s head He dropped Kirsty and was at thein two seconds flat He pushed back the curtain as Kirsty came up beside him

“Oh no,” she groaned

Lake shook his head in disbelief at the sight of Kirsty’sout of his shop hat looked like his laptop under her ar like a banshee Lake assuht she was in disguise Hot on her heels ca the new cardboard cut-out of hihts in the shop went on

He opened theand leaned out The cold air reminded him that he was pretty much naked but there was no time to put clothes on This had to be seen to be believed

“That’s Betty,” Kirsty gasped before covering her mouth

And sure enough, Betty was propelling herself through the shop hat looked like a cricket bat in her hands

“Run for it!” screamed one of the women outside the shop

Then he noticed that there were still people in there A kid ran out clutching Lake’s iPad He spotted a woain dressed in black She held her hands up as though trying to reason with Betty There were shouts, but he couldn’t ed The wo scream and turned and ran

Straight through his shop

Everything stopped still as the woround Even Betty stopped Then the wo to her feet

“Are you okay?” Kirsty’s mother shouted