CHAPTER 24
“How ’bout you put that gun down, boy.” Carl’s voice was threatening, like the neighbor’s pit bull that had terrorized Kennedy when she was growing up.
She was so startled, for a moment she forgot her fear entirely and only wondered if Sandy knew how mean her husband could sound if he really wanted to.
“What’re you gonna do if I don’t?” Gino crouched to hide most of his body behind Kennedy.
Carl kept his gun poised at them both. “I’ll give you one guess.”
Gino shifted from one foot to another but stayed planted behind her. “You can’t do that. What’s gonna stop you from shooting the chick?”
“First of all, she’s not a chick. She’s a young woman, and a very bright and capable one. Second of all, I assume you plan to kill her anyway.” He squinted one eye and took aim.
“Yeah,
