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gan's shore. The night, the terror. Then the gunshots and the screams.
"I won't discuss them," he said. "Not with you. Not with anyone."
He'd expected her to argue, but after her first shocked intake of breath at the coldness of his tone she didn't say a word. He continued to stare out the window without seeing anything until she shoved, hard, against his shoulder and pushed her way in front of him.
"What is it?" Chris tried to get his place back, but D.J. wouldn't budge.
"Get away from the window," she hissed.
Chris ignored her and looked outside. A black van eased through the parking lot, pulling into the space next to their rented truck.
"This is impossible," D.J. mumbled. "No one knows where we are. No one followed us."
She patted her jacket, an absentminded movement to check for a shoulder holster, obviously in place and full of a semiautomatic weapon. "Get in the bathroom," she ordered.
"I don't think so."
She didn't even turn around at his revolt, just continued to stare out the window. "Who's in charge here? Do what I tell you if you want to stay alive. I don't know how many of them there are."
"There's no way on this earth I'm hiding in the bathroom."
D.J. shot him an exasperated glance. "Listen, McCall, I don't have time to argue with you. I need you out of the line of fire so I can think straight. If you're standing in the middle of the room making

 
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