Against All Odds
“The service had been the one normal thing in her life since the FBI invasion yesterday morning, and she hated for it to end.
For the past sixty minutes, she’d done her best to pretend the two tall men who sat behind her in the last pew, on the aisle, were there to praise God, not protect her. And to forget that some of the unfamiliar faces in the congregation weren’t pious visitors seeking Sunday worship but on-duty federal agents.
Carrying guns.
In church.
It was surreal.
A touch on her should...er reminded her of Coop’s instruction as they’d entered the church. Leave ahead of the crowd. Reluctantly she replaced the hymnal and angled toward him. He tipped his head toward the aisle as his partner exited the pew ahead of him. Picking up her coat, she edged out and fell into step behind Mark, aware that Coop was close on her heels. As Mark pushed open the door to the vestibule, Coop’s lean fingers closed around her upper arm in a firm but gentle grip.
“Give him a chance to verify everything is secure.”MoreLess
For the past sixty minutes, she’d done her best to pretend the two tall men who sat behind her in the last pew, on the aisle, were there to praise God, not protect her. And to forget that some of the unfamiliar faces in the congregation weren’t pious visitors seeking Sunday worship but on-duty federal agents.
Carrying guns.
In church.
It was surreal.
A touch on her should...er reminded her of Coop’s instruction as they’d entered the church. Leave ahead of the crowd. Reluctantly she replaced the hymnal and angled toward him. He tipped his head toward the aisle as his partner exited the pew ahead of him. Picking up her coat, she edged out and fell into step behind Mark, aware that Coop was close on her heels. As Mark pushed open the door to the vestibule, Coop’s lean fingers closed around her upper arm in a firm but gentle grip.
“Give him a chance to verify everything is secure.”MoreLess
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