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He made it to the door. “Open it,” he growled to Lorraine.
Hands trembling, she obeyed, and he dragged her through to the stairs. The two uniformed officers watched him as he descended, apparently waiting for André. The big cop seemed to fill the stairwell when he stepped through the door.
“Back off, Holmes!” Lamont shouted. “Do not test me.”
André Holmes said nothing, simply descending the stairs one at a time, keeping pace with him. Not letting him out of his sight.
“I will kill her.” Lamont’s words echoed off the stairwell walls, and Lorraine let out a sob.
“I know you’re capable of it,” André said calmly. “But I don’t intend to allow you to do it.”
Lamont would kill them all, then. Every single one of them if he had to.
He’d descended the first flight of stairs and now stood on the landing. André was only four steps away.
Keeping his arm tight against Lorraine’s throat, Lamont pointed the gun at André’s chest and fired twice. The man collapsed, gasping as he rolled down the stairs.
Lamont shoved the gun against Lorraine’s temple once again and dragged her down the remaining stairs and out the emergency door, setting off an alarm. Hot, moist air smacked him in the face, shocking after the cool A/C, but the humidity he usually hated was now the most amazing feeling ever.
Just another minute. I’m almost free.
