Treacherous Intent by Camy Tang

Author:Camy Tang [Camy Tang]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

At Debra’s words, Liam’s entire body shocked to life. “Debra, go through the house and shut off the lights.” He grabbed his firearm from his laptop case.

Liam headed for the kitchen and snapped off the light. There was a window at the sink, but there was also a large window in a breakfast nook, opposite the table. He positioned himself beside the larger window and peeked out.

Dusk was falling—he hadn’t realized it was so late. However, the Christmas lights he’d noticed earlier gave off a soft glow.

Elisabeth came up behind him so silently that he didn’t realize she was there until she spoke. “Are there men out there?” She also had her gun, her body tense as she positioned herself on the other side of the window and looked out. “I don’t see them.”

“Where’s Debra?”

“I told her to take Ryan into the study and hide under the desk.”

They watched the backyard, and Liam’s eyes gradually became accustomed to the dimness. They waited, and Liam was about to give up when he suddenly saw a shadow move between two fir trees.

“There are people out there,” Elisabeth whispered. “I’ll call 9-1-1. I didn’t want to do it earlier in case it was a false alarm.”

She grabbed the phone in the kitchen and made the call. Liam only listened with half an ear as he scanned the backyard for any more movement. Switching off all the house lights must have alerted the intruders because they weren’t making any moves toward the house.

Elisabeth came back to the window. “We only have to hold them off until the police arrive.”

“Brady’s house is on the edge of Geyserville, so if there aren’t any cruisers nearby, it might take some time.”

“Does the house have a security alarm? Maybe if we set it, the noise will scare them off.”

Liam shook his head. His brother hadn’t gotten around to getting an alarm system yet.

“How do you want to do this?” she asked.

“If I was going to approach the house, I could use the trees as cover until I reached the edge of the patio, then make a run for the side door. Or I could run across the lawn to the other side, then take cover in the bushes, which would hide me almost all the way to the sliding glass door at that corner of the house.”

“So we wait to see what they do? How many are there?”

“As far as I can tell, only two. If they split up, I’ll take the sliding glass door, you take the side door. It’s in the laundry room.” The laundry room had several spaces where a small figure could hide in wait. He wouldn’t fit in those places, but she could.

She nodded. Then she holstered her gun. “We shouldn’t use our firearms.”

Because of the danger of stray bullets for Debra and Ryan. He grabbed one of Debra’s kitchen knives and she took a cast-iron skillet.

They waited, watching the backyard. The minutes ticked by. Each one felt like an hour. Liam forced his heart rate to slow, become steady.

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