The Twisted Window
“The slam of it jolted the kitchen like a crack of thunder.
Instead of the usual punch button lock, this door had a bolt lock at shoulder height. Brad reached up and slid the bolt into place.
"Tracy?" he called. "Come out here! I need your help." Tracy appeared in the doorway, visibly shaken. Her eyes were wide and frightened, and she glanced apprehensively about her as though she expected to be confronted by a scene of bloody horror.
"That noise!" she said. "When I heard it, I thought y...ou'd shot him!" "That was the sound of the pantry door," Brad told her. "The blast of a gun is a lot louder than that." "This wasn't supposed to be part of it," said Tracy. "If you'd told me you had a gun, I'd never have agreed to this." "The gun was my dad's," Brad said. "I had it in the trunk of the car. The way things worked out tonight, it's lucky I did." "Put it down. It makes me nervous just seeing you hold it." Her voice had a sharp edge to it. "You wouldn't really have used it, would you?MoreLess
Instead of the usual punch button lock, this door had a bolt lock at shoulder height. Brad reached up and slid the bolt into place.
"Tracy?" he called. "Come out here! I need your help." Tracy appeared in the doorway, visibly shaken. Her eyes were wide and frightened, and she glanced apprehensively about her as though she expected to be confronted by a scene of bloody horror.
"That noise!" she said. "When I heard it, I thought y...ou'd shot him!" "That was the sound of the pantry door," Brad told her. "The blast of a gun is a lot louder than that." "This wasn't supposed to be part of it," said Tracy. "If you'd told me you had a gun, I'd never have agreed to this." "The gun was my dad's," Brad said. "I had it in the trunk of the car. The way things worked out tonight, it's lucky I did." "Put it down. It makes me nervous just seeing you hold it." Her voice had a sharp edge to it. "You wouldn't really have used it, would you?MoreLess
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