Hearing the murmured expletive immediately put Kurt on high alert. He looked through the scope of his rifle at the dormer and flinched just a little as he saw Maggie madly scrambling out the window. She made an attempt to climb the slope of the roof but a man lunged halfway out the window and tried to grab her ankle. Maggie kicked loose, but lost her grip and began to slide.
Suddenly there was a gun in the hand of the man trying to catch Maggie. The moment he aimed the gun at Maggie, Kurt pulled the trigger. The man fell back into the apartment. Maggie was still scrambling…and still sliding, appearing to get no traction. Kurt felt like his heart was in his throat. There was absolutely nothing he could do, but panic.
Her slide turned into an uncontrolled skid and just as her body hit the
