Chapter Twenty-Three
Max didn't stop to check if the two men had followed them through the doors; instead, he grabbed tightly onto Lizzie's sleeve and kept her close as he sprinted further into the shopping centre. He had no idea how to get out of this place, and further still, how they would find the car again. He knew that they had to get out of the open and find somewhere to hide until he could think of a plan. He clocked a small shoe shop on their left hand side and ducked towards it, pushing hard against the door. It was locked and all the windows were blacked out. Slightly further down the shop, a grey, metal shutter had been pulled down. He bent over and tore it up towards the ceiling as quickly as he could, bundling Lizzie through the open doorway before bringing it back down, slowly and quietly this
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