Chapter 23I don’t need a conquering hero
Coming at me to make my day
All I need is my own sweet lover
Holding me closer in every way
My sweet lover, hold me close
Help me touch the sky
In your arms my dreams are real
Flying so hard and high
Helping me touch the sky
Bringing my dreams alive
Riding me hard tonight
Holding me till the light
Holding me through the night
Making my dreams shine bright
Nothing was ever so right
As being in your arms tonight
—Shattered Glass, “No Hero Tonight”
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Suddenly, the basement filled with cops. Milo looked around frantically. Liam? Where is Liam? In a panic Milo began to shout, “You have to find Liam, he’s been shot. Stop, f*****g around, where is he, he’s hurt!”
Milo wrenched a flashlight from the hand of one of the state cops and
