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“No, no.” Cassie’s heart was pounding. “I’m okay.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
Baker shouted from the driveway. It sounded like he was walking toward the house. “Who the hell are you and what are you doing on my property?”
“Savannah PD!” Harris shouted. “Stop shooting!”
“You shouldn’t be here,” Baker said. “Especially by yourselves.”
“Savannah PD,” Harris shouted again. “Drop your weapon and put your hands in the air.”
The CHUNK-CHUNK sound of the shotgun was Baker’s response. A few seconds later, he shot off another round. Splinters of tree and bark cascaded down over them as the round shaved off the right side of the tree they were hiding behind.
“Savannah PD—”
“I heard you the first time!” Baker pulled the trigger again.
Cassie screamed as a small branch landed on her head. There was a ringing in her ears, but she heard a door slam.
“He’s inside.” Harris was up and moving across the yard. “Call David and stay in the car!”
Cassie ignored the directive. She needed to stay by Harris’s side. She bolted from around the tree and spotted the detective crouching low next to her car. Cassie slid across the gravel as she made a mad dash to Harris. Her thighs, knees, and shins burned as the small rocks scratched through her pants and dug into her skin. She pushed past the pain and pulled out her phone and dialed David’s number. He picked up on the first ring.
“Cassie? How’s it going?”
“Bad, horrible,” Cassie whispered with a tremble. “He showed up and started shooting. You need to get here. Fast.”
David pulled the phone away from his face and started shouting. When he returned, he sounded frantic. “Are you okay?”
“We’re both fine. But you need to get here.”
“Fifteen minutes tops,” David said. “Stay on the phone with me, okay?”
“Oka—”
Cassie didn’t get the whole word out before Baker fired another shot. It hit the ground in front of Cassie. She jerked back. Misjudging the space around her, her elbow slammed into the fender, rendering her arm numb from that point down. She lost her grip on the phone. It slid across the driveway, out of reach.
“Don’t go for that!” Harris peered over the hood of the car.
Another blast rang out. The right taillight shattered. Glass and plastic hung in the air, glinting in the sun, then cascaded to the ground. Harris returned fire. The bullet shattered the glass in one of the first-story windows.
The man inside grunted.
“Stay here.” Harris sprinted for the front door.
Without thinking, Cassie followed her, skidding to a stop as Harris kicked in the door and pointed her weapon inside.
“Go back to the car, Cassie.”
“I can help!” she shouted. “Elizabeth will help us!”
Harris didn’t bother arguing. She kept her weapon steady as she walked through the door. “I know I hit him. He’s injured.”
“Look.” Cassie pointed across the room. Under a swath of blood trailing along the wall, was his shotgun.
Harris nodded. “Good catch, but don’t get complacent. I’m sure he’s got firearms stashed throughout the house. He might’ve switched it out for a 9mm or a .40, something easier to handle. It’d make sense if I hit him in the arm or shoulder.” She aimed her finger at nothing. “Stay right behind me, Quinn. Watch my back, okay?”
