CHAPTER NINE
Five minutes previously …
Stinger followed Rime up the stairs. The stairway was fairly narrow, requiring Stinger and Rime to walk single file; that meant that if someone were to appear at the top of the stairs and try to shoot them, that neither Stinger nor Rime would have any place to hide. Rime had formed an ice shield in front of him just in case that happened, but Stinger had to admit that he wasn’t sure how well an ice shield would hold up against bullets. Not that he would say that aloud, however, because he figured Rime wouldn’t listen to him.
The stairway did, however, have family photos along the walls; at least, Stinger assumed they were family photos. One of them showed a young, smiling couple standing in front of a house that appeared to be in a suburb somewhere
