Chapter 46
THE TEAR GAS IS followed by an entire SWAT team plowing through
the busted windows and broken doors. I try and cover my eyes to prevent the gas
from stinging them, but it’s a futile effort. I can hear Georgie coughing up a
lung, along with Tall Bearded Redneck. The twins are down on the ground.
They’ve gone from screaming to outright weeping and wailing. They’ve become
victims in their own game of seduction. As for the two Russians duct-taped to
one another, they aren’t making a sound. Maybe they’re dead.
One of the SWAT officers bends over, looks me in the eye
with his oxygen-masked and clear-shielded face. “You okay, buddy?”
I nod.
He holds out his arm and points to the open door of the
kitchen.
“Go!” he demands. Then at Georgie. “You too, Dr. Phillips!”
I go for
