Liddell had to relax his pressure on the knife hand to protect his eyes, his fingers on the other man’s wrist grew slippery and wet.
Seizing his momentary advantage, the other man threw his entire weight into an effort to dislodge Johnny and succeeded in throwing him off.
He got to his knees and Liddell struggled to his feet. As the man with the knife started to move in for the kill, Liddell threw himself forward, shouldered him back against the wall, his hand straining to keep the point of the blade away from his body. They wrestled there for a moment, panting and thrashing. The grunting and gasping grew louder.
Suddenly the other man’s foot landed on Liddell’s g*n on the floor. It flew out from under him and clattered across the room. Both men crashed to the floor, Liddell on top.
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