Saved By a Stranger
“She glanced over her shoulder.
For the second time that day, she stared at him holding a gun. And she knew that in her next intake of breath, he would shoot her last chance at a secure future.
“This is for Gabrielle,”
Ben said.
She jumped up. A scream shot from her mouth, ringing in her ears, and then a black nothingness erupted before her eyes.
Ben gripped her chin and turned up her head.
He stared with hard eyes down at her, his face ghostly white. “Can you get up?” he asked, and then his gaz...e shifted on something behind her.
Great, she’d fainted.
She turned, the movement making her catch her breath. she found Mr. Fuentes lying on the thick carpet, a hole punctured in his shoulder. Blood bloomed like a flower on his white dress shirt. Yet, she thought she saw his chest rising and falling, ever so slowly.
Not dead.
A phone rang in the silence, and then she heard Ben saying, “Thanks, Drake.”
“Who is Drake?”
Strong fingers dug into the flesh of her forearm, making her wince.MoreLess
For the second time that day, she stared at him holding a gun. And she knew that in her next intake of breath, he would shoot her last chance at a secure future.
“This is for Gabrielle,”
Ben said.
She jumped up. A scream shot from her mouth, ringing in her ears, and then a black nothingness erupted before her eyes.
Ben gripped her chin and turned up her head.
He stared with hard eyes down at her, his face ghostly white. “Can you get up?” he asked, and then his gaz...e shifted on something behind her.
Great, she’d fainted.
She turned, the movement making her catch her breath. she found Mr. Fuentes lying on the thick carpet, a hole punctured in his shoulder. Blood bloomed like a flower on his white dress shirt. Yet, she thought she saw his chest rising and falling, ever so slowly.
Not dead.
A phone rang in the silence, and then she heard Ben saying, “Thanks, Drake.”
“Who is Drake?”
Strong fingers dug into the flesh of her forearm, making her wince.MoreLess
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