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into the next millennium. No, she could never leave. |
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Kyna's eyes popped open. ''What?" |
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She looked over her shoulder again and then at her watch. |
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Throwing the car in gear, Kyna floored the accelerator and left a trail of rubber all the way down the street. |
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You fell asleep! You idiot! |
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But if that were true, why was she so frightened? |
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She worked through the gears, shot through a red light just ahead of a Cadillac's bumper and threw the car into a turn onto Ridgeway. She got caught by the traffic light at the intersection of Ridgeway and Winchester Road and sat drumming her fingers on the steering wheel and staring at a sign in the window of a gun shop across the street. Cyrus likes guns, she thought. |
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On a whim, she turned into the parking lot when the light turned green and went into the store. |
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Cyrus had to bounce up and down on the suitcase to close the zipper. He had never packed for such an extensive trip and, as a result, had packed nearly everything he owned. |
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The front door slammed. "Hello!" |
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Won't you come in, he thought. "Back here!" |
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Kyna waltzed into the bedroom and tossed a paper bag at him. Cyrus caught it but lost his seat on the suitcase. |
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"Love those catlike reflexes." She laughed. |
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His face flamed as he pulled a leather shoulder holster out of the bag. "What's this?" |
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"A present," she replied. "You don't have one, do you?" |
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The fact was, he did. But the gift was so unexpected, given the picture he had formed of her, that he lied. "No." |
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"Try it on. The guy at the gun shop said it's one of the quick-release types." |
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The contraption wasn't as simple as it looked. Cyrus slipped it around his shoulders, shrugged and twisted at the waist a couple of times and then took it off. After adjusting the straps |
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