Luke’s eyes were constantly moving now, searching for any threat within his environment. Pausing, he motioned with his left hand toward a cinder-block, windowless office in the back of the market. He was surprisingly calm, considering all the chaos going on outside.
“Annie. I need you to get into your dad’s office and then lock the door and stay out of sight. There’s gunfire down the road and it sounds like it’s headed this way.”
Annie nodded silently. She visibly fought to keep from panicking and running away as fast as she could to escape the fury that was booming and thundering over in town. Her eyes were as wide as a deer’s and she trembled slightly.
“Ye-Ye-Yessir,” she said. “What about those three people?” She meant the two men and the woman. They were at the market’s joint entran
