Edge of Crime: A Collection of Crime Stories by Moralee John

Author:Moralee, John [Moralee, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

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It didn’t take long for the men outside to attack the house with Molotov cocktails. They threw them through the upstairs windows first, then the windows at the back. The girls tried to put them out, but the flames spread too quickly. Soon every room at the back was on fire. The flames forced everyone inside towards the front of the building, where Cade was shooting out of the windows. He managed to kill another two men, but the rest had good positions.

Gail joined him, telling him that the whole of the upper floor was on fire. He could feel the heat coming down the stairs. Some of the Nazi flags were burning like rags soaked in gasoline. Hitler’s picture was blackened with smoke. Cade considered shooting his way out, but it would be futile move.

John Deere was now in control of the situation. “GIVE YOURSELVES UP OR DIE!”

Cade knew they’d all die if they stayed in the house, but he also knew John Deere was not going to let him live. “What do you think?” he asked Gail.

“I think … I think the girls will die if we don’t do what he says, but maybe he won’t kill them if we do. We could save their lives, even if it means -”

“That we die?”

She nodded.

“OKAY!” Cade shouted. “I’m letting out the girls! DON’T SHOOT!”

Cade hoped the meth dealers would not shoot them when the girls ran out of the exit. He half-expected it – but it didn’t happen.

That left Cade and Gail alone.

Cade looked at the Glock in his hands. He sighed. He knew what he had to do.

He had to kill himself.

Gail raised her own gun to her head, saying, “We should do it together at the same time. I don’t want us to leave each other behind.”

“I know this is definitely the wrong time – but I want you know know something, Gail. I love you.”

“That’s funny. I love you, too. I wish we’d done something about it. I’m sorry.”

“So am I,” Cade said.

They kissed. Cade wanted it to last forever, but he could feel the air getting hotter as the stairs started to burn. In a minute or two it would cook the skin off their bones. They ended the kiss with tears in their eyes.

“Okay,” he said. “On the count of three?”

“Okay,” she said, pressing her gun to her temple.

“One,” he said.

His hand was slick on the trigger.

“Two.”

Gail closed her eyes and trembled.

It was then he heard gunfire outside.

He recognised the sound.

It was the distinctive sound of Army-issued M16s.

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