Chapter 56

The short distance from the edge of the lawn to the front doors of the library, although only a mere ten meters or so, seemed as long as a football field to her.  She dragged Jimmy mercilessly along with her, aware that she was probably bruising his arm, but acutely attuned to the fact that if they stopped for even a moment they would both be dead!  Just as they reached the small porch, which was protected by an overhanging wooden awning, she felt the first bullet whizz past her left ear, followed shortly thereafter by a cracking sound and then the boom of the firing rifle.  The bullet tore through the door in front of her, gouging a large piece of wood from it, sending splinters flying towards her eyes.  She shielded her head as she slammed into the heavy door wi...

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