"Omigod!" Matt whirled, drawing the attention of all as he and bolted toward the inn.
"Hey!" one officer shouted. "Where are you going?!"
"Chicken!" Gil muttered smugly.
Farley and Melanie pealed off behind him, infuriating the police and sparking a chase. Even Gil and his boys followed along.
"Stop right there! Stop, I said!" One of the officers reversed direction and ran for the patrol car.
When Matt was thirty yards from the open door, three men carrying what looked to be metal pipes sprinted from the room. "Oh, no! Oh God, no!" he gasped. He pulled up short before the open door and pointed frantically at the fleeing men. "Stop those guys," he cried to his pursuers, but the officers had no reason to shift their focus, at least not until they looked inside the room.
With mounting h
