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Parveen Aziza escapes with Jack Grierson
Date: 8/2/2024, Categories: Reluctance Author: jxa2012
... the gunmen, who fell. But the other moved sideways quickly, began firing back, and hit Jack. He staggered, his gun arm drooped, and the gunman closed in for the kill. I was about to run out, hoping to create a diversion when the second gunman suddenly stopped. His mouth opened in a wordless cry, and he fell to his knees. Amber came running up from behind him, a gun in her right hand, and a long metal tire iron in her left. She swung the tire iron in a vicious arc and smashed the back of his head. He fell forward onto his face and was still. Amber and I converged on Jack, who was on his knees, his left hand clutching his right shoulder. His gun had slipped out of his hand and was on the ground beside him. His teeth were set and there were lines of pain on his face. “You’ve been shot,” said Amber, putting an arm around him. “Just a flesh wound,” he gritted out. “The bullet went right through. Check on the guy I hit.” “Help him up,” she said to me. “I’ll go check on the guy.” I put Jack’s good left arm around my shoulders and grunted as I took part of his weight. He recovered surprisingly quickly as we slowly followed Amber. We were almost with her when she pointed her gun and fired a round into the man on the ground. “You got him pretty good,” she said as we got to her. “Two hits, chest and belly. He was sinking fast. I put him out of his misery.” She looked over at him. “We need to get these stiffs back in the car and drive it over the berm out of sight. That way, they may not be found till morning. It will buy us a few hours. Can you help me?” “I’ll manage,” said Jack, his voice strained. “I’ll help,” I volunteered. “Good,” said Amber. “You work with Jack to get this guy into the car, I’ll get the other one.” I took the man’s...