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Margaret, her face ashen, burst into the Emporium. “Call 911,” she gasped, her voice barely audible above the jangle of the sleigh bells attached to the door.

Lisa had never seen her aunt so upset. She was literally shaking.

The sleigh bells over the threshold erupted once more as Dan rushed inside. His face was almost as pale as Margaret’s.

“What were you thinking?” he shouted. “I almost hit you!”

Margaret didn’t seem to hear him. Her eyes locked with Liss’s. “There’s a dead man in the toy store!”

“What?” Liss didn’t think she could have heard correctly. “Are you certain?”

A horrible grimace distorted Margaret’s features. “Hearts tend to stop beating when someone fires a bullet through them.”

Ohmigod. Liss thought. Just like the Tiny Teddy!