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Оглавление“Liz, I think we need a do over.”
Gabriel spied a bale of hay on the other side of the alley and pointed to it. “I’m going to sit down over there. When you’re through with what you’re doing, come sit with me and let’s see if I can’t make amends for upsetting you.”
Her mouth opened, but she didn’t speak. It was as if she was debating whether or not she wanted to listen to anything he had to say. Then she nodded. “All right. I’ll put Cricket back in his stall, and then I’ll be back.”
He smiled. “I’ll wait for you.”
A minute later, Liz walked back and stopped in front of him. “Okay, here I am. What do you want to talk to me about?”
“I want...” he began, but the words froze in his mouth at the sight of a red laser dot focused on the center of Liz’s forehead.
With a strangled cry, he lunged from the hay bale, tackled her around the legs and fell to the ground on top of her just as a bullet whizzed past their heads.