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“How much TV do you watch, woman? These aren’t stuntmen This isn’t a special effect This is real life”

Megan let out a frustrated sigh “I didn’t think being under siege would be so boring”

Joe blinked at her The woory “I don’t have tiet this roouest off the bed We need it for a barricade”

“What will I tie him to?”

“Use your iination”

Her eyes actually gleamed before she walked away Joe shuddered Grunt had definitely lucked out in the twin departinally sane

“Listen up,” he called to the woave him their attention “We’re safe here for the moment, and I plan to keep it that way until Claire comes back with help We need to reinforce the door barricade The hinges are a weak point We need to shore it up soh the walls; they’re two foot thick and solid stone The chances of theet to us are slim”

“What about coh the s? There’s nothing above this room, is there?” Ryan asked

Joe looked to Caroline “Where’s the access to the roof above this room?”

“There’s a metal ladder fixed to the exterior of that wall” She pointed to one of the walls without a“If you go out the landingon the third floor, you have access to the ladder and it will take you up to the roof above this room I knoe call this a tower, but really it’s only an elevated corner room Access is easy”

Kirsty patted her hand as though to comfort her “It looks like a tower to me, honey”

Caroline gave her a grateful smile Joe wondered what dimension he’d fallen into when they were under attack but the homeoas more upset that she didn’t have a proper tower

Joe brought her back to the probleet onto the roof, then coh the s?”

Caroline nodded “The snoould ht equipment it wouldn’t be a problem”

“We need to barricade the s,” Joe said