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“HEAR THAT, JERRY?” Marcie tipped her head to the

side. “She’s happy I’m alive. Isn’t that sweet?”

Roxy Tam jerked back, the words hitting her like a

powerful blow, sending emotions tumbling one against

the next. Fear, horror, dawning understanding.

Marcie had been the lure, her partner the trap.

And Roxy’d fallen for it like some fool kid from

the suburbs.

They meant to kill her.Marciemeant to kill her.

The breath whooshed out of her, leaving her deflated, shaken, physically ill.

She opened her mouth, but no words came out. She

ought to do something, say something. But she never

got the chance.

Because he killed her.

The blond guy stepped from behind the door and

thrust his hand through Marcie’s chest. Like it was

nothing. Like he’d done it a million times before.

There was a sharp snap as ribs shattered and the

short, high note of Marcie’s scream, cut off at the

crescendo. For an endless, chilling second, Marcie

hung there like a coat on a hook, her toes barely

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grazing the floor, her body jerking, her blood dripping down her torso.

Roxy shrank back and her teeth sank into her lower

lip, hard enough to draw blood, hard enough to hold

back the cry that bubbled and swelled in her throat.

Don’t make a sound. Not a sound. He’ll look your way

if you do. He’ll do that to you.

Marcie’s partner—what had she called

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