Chapter 72
the download chimed. a small, cheerful beep from the laptop in the other room signaled that the files had successfully transferred to elias's federal contact. a roar of frustration erupted from the living room. "kill them all!" mark screamed, his facade of the loving father completely gone. bullets tore through the bedroom door, turning the wood into deadly shrapnel. i grabbed the heavy cast-iron radiator pipe against the wall and smashed the bedroom window, clearing the jagged glass. i pushed leo out first, then mia, instructing them to run into the thickest part of the woods and not look back. just as i swung my legs over the windowsill, a hand reached through the splintered door, unlocking the deadbolt. the door kicked open, and mark stood there, his face streaked with soot and rage.
