Toss Up (The Toss Trilogy)
“She’d been almost asleep. But there had been something… a sound.
There. The scrape of metal against metal, the snick of a lock. Her heart froze, then leapt into staccato rhythm, pounding blood and adrenalin to her brain. Tyler! She grabbed the bat and moved swiftly toward his room. A flying glance over her shoulder stopped her. The handle of the dead bolt was moving, turning… She spun around, bat raised, ready to fight. Then the sound of metal slipping against metal, and the bolt thudded ge...ntly back into position. Her body trembled in relief, but sweat chilled her. He would try again.
Sally ran into Tyler’s room and pulled him bodily out of bed, silencing him with a fierce shush and a glare. She dragged the boy to the back door, and crouched with him, waiting. If someone came in the front, she and Tyler would go out the back, but she wasn’t leaving the house unless the lock was breached. Outside, no walls would stand between them and the invader.MoreLess
There. The scrape of metal against metal, the snick of a lock. Her heart froze, then leapt into staccato rhythm, pounding blood and adrenalin to her brain. Tyler! She grabbed the bat and moved swiftly toward his room. A flying glance over her shoulder stopped her. The handle of the dead bolt was moving, turning… She spun around, bat raised, ready to fight. Then the sound of metal slipping against metal, and the bolt thudded ge...ntly back into position. Her body trembled in relief, but sweat chilled her. He would try again.
Sally ran into Tyler’s room and pulled him bodily out of bed, silencing him with a fierce shush and a glare. She dragged the boy to the back door, and crouched with him, waiting. If someone came in the front, she and Tyler would go out the back, but she wasn’t leaving the house unless the lock was breached. Outside, no walls would stand between them and the invader.MoreLess
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