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I nod at Darragh to cut it off. He hesitates.
“Are you sure? Because if she lives, Mike will know we are no good for our word.” Darragh is right.
“Please!” Lily begs.
“Do it,” I say to Darragh.
He kneels and removes a penknife from his ankle strap. As he saws through the duct tape, I notice movement coming from the field beyond.
Mike. He came.
“He sure cut it tight,” I say.
Darragh has the bomb removed. “Everyone needs to run.”
I grip Lily’s shoulders. “You go with Darragh.”
She sees her father, but she nods, and I’m surprised when she helps Alexis to her feet, and they all run back toward the hotel.
I, on the other hand, extract my gun and start running toward Mike, who pauses. He’s spotted everyone running and does the same.
The explosion happens sooner than I expect, and the impact knocks me to the ground. The world tilts, and my ears ring. I roll onto my back, trying to catch my breath. The gun is a few feet away. I try to shake the sound in my head, but my ears ring as I reach for my gun.
A heavy boot clamps down on my wrist; the pressure is crushing, and I slowly look up at Mike, who holds a gun pointed to my head.
This is not how I saw this ending. His mouth moves, but I can’t hear him speak. When he cocks the gun, I see nothing but glee in his gaze that he is going to end me.
He turns away from me like something behind him is distracting. With my free hand, I curl it into a fist, and with all my strength, I slam it into his leg. He wobbles as I roll but empties three bullets into the ground where my head just was mere seconds ago.
His foot becomes heavy, and I scream. “This time, you die.” He says, and I’m looking at the gun.
Warm flecks of blood rain down on me. The weight is lifted off my wrists as Mike’s dead body tumbles to the ground and right on top of me. He’s ripped from me a second later, and I’m looking at Darragh.
“Are you okay?” He’s pale, checking my chest and face.
I’m nodding. “Where is Lily?”
Darragh jerks his chin over his shoulder before helping me to stand. Sound pours back in; my ears ring.
It’s then I see Lily lowering a gun. She’s staring at her father’s dead body, her eyes wide with horror. When she notices me looking at her, she starts to cry.
“He was going to kill you.”
I clear the space and remove the gun from her hands. Alexis stands still, staring at Mike’s body. “She got my gun,” Darragh explains, holding out his hand for his weapon. I wouldn’t imagine he did too much to stop her.
“I’m going to prison.” Lily sobs. “I shot my dad.”
Darragh raises his gun, and I tighten my hold on Lily, keeping her to my chest as he does what needs to be done. A bullet tears through Alexis' head, and she hits the ground.
Lily screams, and I keep her firmly to my chest. I let her cry for a moment. “What just happened?” She asks but doesn’t look up.
I stare back at the hotel.
It’s Darragh who speaks. “Alexis pulled a gun on me, and I shot her.”
We stop walking, and Lily shakes her head.
“She loved your father, and she wanted someone to die.” Darragh is smart at how he is wording everything. Alexis never had a weapon.
