The Bride Wore A Forty-Four by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: romantic suspense, undercover agents, kickass chick, girl power, romance, bride, amnesia romance, wedding

He nodded, and they crossed the room, stepping lightly, to stare out the dirt-streaked window. The broken fire escape was far to the left. Too far to jump for it. Before Marshall could say anything, Kira had spun around to the chair and was unwinding the ropes from it. She tossed him one end. "Quick, tie this to something solid."

He didn't hesitate, but quickly knelt and knotted the end of the rope around the base of the old-fashioned iron radiator beside the window. While he did that she wrestled the window open.

'They're coming," he told her.

She looked up fast and heard the heavy footfalls in the hallway. "Hell, we're out of time."

Marshall held on to the rope. "Get on my back."

"You can't hold us both."

"I'll have to manage," he said, climbing out the window, feet braced on the wall, hands on the rope. "Hurry."

She slipped through the open window, clutching his shoulders and lowering herself until she could wrap her legs around his waist. "Go," she said.

He let the rope lengthen, dropping them drastically, then he pushed off with his feet and swung.

She heard shouting, knew the men were in the room, now, searching for them, even as they came short of their goal and began swinging back the other way. Heads appeared at the window. Then gunshots rang out. Marshall's feet hit the wall, and this time he pushed harder. They swung, arced over the fire escape.

He let go, and they fell.

She only had an instant to feel panic, before they hit the fire escape's landing with a terrible impact and a lot of noise. The entire structure groaned and wobbled, and for a moment she thought it would rip itself free of the building and send them crashing to the ground.

And then it did.

The fire escape fell like a giant timber, and as they were hurled toward the ground, Marshall gripped her arm and yelled, "Jump!"

They were airborne, then. The fire escape crashed, bits of rusted metal flying everywhere, and a split second later, Kira felt her own body hit the ground a few feet away from it.

Dazed, she lifted her head, giving it a slow shake.

"Come on, baby, they're coming." Marshall had her arm, tugging her to her feet, and then they were running.

She realized the men were no longer firing at them from the window, but were exiting the building, coming around after them.

"This way," she told Marshall. "The car's this way."

They changed directions, sprinting full speed, until they ducked into an alley, popped out the far side, and spotted the car. The keys had been in her jacket pocket. They were no longer there.

"Bastards took my keys."

"No problem," Marshall said, racing around to the back of the car, reaching underneath it, and coming out with a key in his palm. "You always keep a spare."

"You drive," she told him, scrambling into the passenger side.

He looked at her oddly, but didn't hesitate. He got behind the wheel, started the engine, and spun the tires as gunshots rang out behind them.

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