Night Terrors (2013)
““Get up that ladder after him! He could still be on the roof!”
“You shittin’ me? We’re thirty stories up!”
The two men glared at each other.
“Listen, Sergeant…”
I spoke sharply. “No, Alcott, you listen!”
He turned, obviously stunned at my tone.
“For one thing, none of us are thin enough to get through that window. Besides, if there’s no way off the roof, Barnes isn’t going anywhere. Not without a parachute. So there’s no rush.”
“But—”
“Let me finish. Odds are, th...ere’s a way down from the roof, and Barnes is already using it. Emergency stairs. Service elevator. Some damned thing.”
Polk nodded vigorously. “Which means we’re wastin’ time standin’ around here.”
Without another word, Harry bolted out of the room, Alcott and me right on his heels.MoreLess
“You shittin’ me? We’re thirty stories up!”
The two men glared at each other.
“Listen, Sergeant…”
I spoke sharply. “No, Alcott, you listen!”
He turned, obviously stunned at my tone.
“For one thing, none of us are thin enough to get through that window. Besides, if there’s no way off the roof, Barnes isn’t going anywhere. Not without a parachute. So there’s no rush.”
“But—”
“Let me finish. Odds are, th...ere’s a way down from the roof, and Barnes is already using it. Emergency stairs. Service elevator. Some damned thing.”
Polk nodded vigorously. “Which means we’re wastin’ time standin’ around here.”
Without another word, Harry bolted out of the room, Alcott and me right on his heels.MoreLess
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