Revenge
“Could the noise have been Viggo coming back? The bathroom door was still open. Jimmy glanced in the mirror, waiting for the living-room light to come on or Viggo himself to appear. He counted the seconds. Nothing changed.
He couldn’t even be sure where the click had come from. The front door of the apartment? The bedroom? The fire escape? Very slowly, not making a sound, he turned round. He peered at every detail of the apartment. Night-vision is never crystal clear, so Jimmy had to analyse... each outline to work out whether anything had changed.
CRASH!
Something slammed into Jimmy’s back. The wind was knocked out of him. He fell forward and smacked his chin against the wall. He tasted blood, but didn’t have time to do anything about it. As soon as he hit the wall, he spun off it again. Just in time – a fist plunged down at him, aiming a knife at exactly the point where the back of his neck had been. The blade scraped against the tiles.MoreLess
He couldn’t even be sure where the click had come from. The front door of the apartment? The bedroom? The fire escape? Very slowly, not making a sound, he turned round. He peered at every detail of the apartment. Night-vision is never crystal clear, so Jimmy had to analyse... each outline to work out whether anything had changed.
CRASH!
Something slammed into Jimmy’s back. The wind was knocked out of him. He fell forward and smacked his chin against the wall. He tasted blood, but didn’t have time to do anything about it. As soon as he hit the wall, he spun off it again. Just in time – a fist plunged down at him, aiming a knife at exactly the point where the back of his neck had been. The blade scraped against the tiles.MoreLess
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