for the protection of her house. Tripping, she fell on the steps.
A sound exploded in the quiet of the day.
A ceramic flowerpot shattered at her feet.
Another shot was fired and then another.
She screamed, stumbled up the porch stairs and reached for the door.
Zach was there, pulling her inside to safety. He shoved her to the floor and slammed the door. “Stay down.”
“A man,” she gasped, her pulse racing, a roar filling her ears. “In the woods. He—he had a rifle...”
Zach lifted the curtain ever so slightly and stared through the window.
The two policemen raced into the kitchen. “Gunfire?”
Zach pointed. “The doc saw a man at the edge of the forest.”
“A dirt road runs parallel to the tree line.” Sergeant Abrams motioned to the younger officer. “We’ll head there from opposite directions.”
Abrams radioed for more squad cars. “There’s a shooter in the woods behind the Children’s Care Clinic. We need to search the area and set up roadblocks. Someone needs to check the wooden bridge that’s along that road, as well.”
Zach locked the doors when the two officers had left, racing away in their squad cars. The sound of sirens filled the air as more Freemont police responded to the call.
Ella huddled against the wall in the corner, while Zach kept watch at the windows. The tension that lined his face spoke volumes about the danger, but she didn’t need to look at him to know that the situation had escalated.
What she realized made her tremble with fear. Last night, the police were looking for an assailant who had broken into her clinic and attacked two women.
Today that assailant had become a killer.
And the person he wanted to kill was her.
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