The shot never came.Maya kept running toward the clinic entrance, her bare feet slapping the cold ground. The red dot stayed on Marcus’s chest for three more seconds, then vanished.She burst through the doors and ran up the stairs. Officers shouted behind her but she did not stop. She reached the third floor and saw Marcus still standing at the window, alive.He turned when he heard her footsteps.“Maya,” he said, pulling her into his arms. “You should not be here.”She held him tight for one second, then pulled back.“Where is Leo?”“Still in the room. The doctor moved him to the back wall. No windows.”Maya nodded. Her heart was still racing.Damson’s mother had not pulled the trigger.That scared her more than if she had.She looked at Marcus.“She is playing with us,” she said. “She wants me to break. She wants me to cancel everything and run.”Marcus touched her cheek. “Then we do not give her what she wants.”Maya’s phone buzzed in her hand.She looked at the screen.A new mes
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