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In the corner of the hangar, thewhen he was still in the car, sat pressing a cloth to his wound andfor help Esteban walked up to his ht of his boss Esteban shot the wounded man in the head

“Weak,” he spat

Joe inched further into the cavernous space,sure he kept the two-seater plane between hiunfire covered any sound he ht have made

Esteban pulled out his phone, and Joe sneaked closer, looking for a good shot

“We need reinforcements Now!” Esteban didn’t even wait for a reply In his arrogance, he assumed his people would jump to fulfil his wishes

He spun, catching sight of Joe as he rounded the plane Esteban’s gun came up, and he fired Joe dove for the tatty old sofa soar There weren’t many options in the way of cover inside the space

“Give it up,” he called to Esteban “Your et out of here alive Surrender and you keep your life”

A burst of h the room

“Does that sound like my men are dead?” More shots hit the sofa as Joe ducked do and tried to et as possible

He peeked out and saw Esteban was slowlyhis way to the wide open doors and his escape Joe fired Two shots He’d emptied his spare clip He was out of alance at the dead un lay beside hiet to it…

“This is my treasure Mine! You dare to cos to ” Two more shots hit the sofa, one perilously close to Joe’s head

He had no option—he had to un Mind ar, bullets spraying the wall behind hilanced at Esteban That hen he saw a line of fire race up the fuel that leaked froht for a tank full of fumes

Joe abandoned his atteun, and veered to the left instead He bolted for door at the back of the hangar Shots rang out He felt a bite to his shoulder He barely noticed He was out the door in record tiar There was an alhty blast Joe felt a full body punch hit hi into the air, as the sky over the airfield turned black

“Joe!”

Julia didn’t care about bullets or guner All she cared about was Joe He’d been in the hangar