Chapter 28
“What is it? What’s wrong?” a woman’s panicked voice darted out from the corridor a half-second before the door flew open and the flip of a light switch chased away the darkness.
The imposing brightness nearly blinded Sean, but through the narrow slits of his eyelids, he recognized Jessica’s loose red hair whip inside the room.
Sean yanked his hand from Carson’s teeth and placed both hands on his gun to steady it as he stood. “Let me see your hands!” he barked out like a police officer.
“Mommy!” the little girl shouted in terror. Her confused eyes looked up in horror at the large stranger hovering over her with a drawn pistol. She slipped from Carson’s lap. He tried to latch onto her arm, but he was too weak. She fell to the floor with a thud.
“Anna!” Jessica screamed.
“Yo
