Chapter 9 - Someone Inside the House
Gunfire erupted downstairs.
Beatrice reached Leo’s bedroom.
He was already awake.
“Bea?”
She lifted him.
“Quiet game.”
His face went pale.
He understood.
She carried him into the service corridor.
Behind them came shouting.
Security radios.
Breaking glass.
Then the lights flickered back.
Beatrice reached the emergency door.
Entered the code.
Red.
Her blood turned cold.
She tried again.
Red.
Then she heard footsteps.
And the story returned to where it had begun.
Two men appeared.
“Give us the boy.”
Beatrice placed Leo behind her.
“No.”
One attacker smiled.
“You’re the nanny.”
Beatrice raised her chin.
“And you’re trespassing.”
He laughed.
But she wasn’t trying to be funny.
She was buying seconds.
Seconds for Dominic.
Seconds for Leo.
Seconds she might have to pay for with her life.
Then the attacker said:
“You want to die for a kid who isn’t yours?”
Beatrice spread her arms.
“You’re not touching him.”
His hand moved.
May you like
A gunshot exploded.
And Dominic Russo came through the corridor like judgment.
