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Wes reached for his oeapon but it was too late Jerry pulled the trigger and the bullet slammed into Wes’s roan, a surprised look upon his face His eyes closed and he was still

Brody used the opportunity to flex his hands and legs, unwinding them from the loosened tape Then he stood quickly and stepped behind Gary, grabbing the shorter man around the throat with his forearm He touched the knife to the man’s neck

“Step away from Lou or I’ll kill him”

Jerry shrugged He raised his gun and fired The shot hit Gary in the forehead and Brody felt hi for a pulse There was none Brody looked up at Jerry “There are FBI agents all over the place outside You’ll never walk away from here,” he said candidly

“My guys took out your FBI agents ten o,” Jerry said “So, now it’s just the three of us” He raised his gun again and fired Brody felt the bullet rip through his shoulder as he fell onto his back Lou ran to his side

“Brody! Are you all right?” she screamed, afraid because of all the blood She touched the wound and brought her hands back, covered in red Her hands shook violently

Jerry stood a few feet away, absently cleaning his fingernails with a pocketknife “Isn’t this touching?” he asked sarcastically He turned his back to them and raised his phone to his ear, sure he had won

Lou leaned over Brody and they both heard a “Pssst?

? They looked over and saw John crouched by the door He pointed over his head to the light switch In the darkness, Lou and Brody would have an advantage Brody nodded at him

Seconds later, the lights flickered off in the barn Brody whispered to Lou, “Run!”

“What about you?” she whispered back

“Run!” he said again, and shoved her toward the door, slowly rising, hi to reassure her “Go!” He shoved her again

Lou silently crept toward the door and out into the night She clung to the shadows created by the barn until she rounded the corner of the paddock This particular area did not house horses so Lou crept silently and slowly forward, hoping to make it to the trail behind the barn, where she could run down the path and to safety Just before she found freedom, she heard a voice behind her

“Turn around slowly, Mary Lou, and look at me”

Lou turned and raised her hands in the air “Why don’t you just kill et it over with?” she asked