Christ, why doesn’t he move? thought Annie, frantic and terrified.
She saw Kieron’s finger tighten on the trigger as if in slow motion. Without a thought in her head she flung herself around the desk. Orla’s screams rang in her ears. Annie threw herself at Max, thrusting him aside.
The bullet smashed into her, knocking her into the chair which fell beneath her as she crashed into the wall. Such an impact. A loud explosion, deafening. Then smoke and the stench of cordite and a fierce, all-encompassing pain.
She couldn’t breathe. She fell, seeing smears of blood – her blood – spattering over the wall behind Max’s desk.
The world began to float around her. She lay on her back, something digging into her hip, Max’s face leaning over her. His mouth was moving, but she couldn’t hear. Everything was peaceful and warm and the pain was slipping away from her, going to another place.
I love you, she tried to tell him. I’ve loved you for ever
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