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Chris peered past her just in time to see an elderly man open the back of the van and assist his wheelchair-bound wife out with an electric chairlift.
"I should have seen the handicapped license plates and realized it wasn't the same van," D.J. admitted. "But I guess I'm a little jumpy."
A knock sounded on the door, and D.J. started with such violence that the top of her head bumped against Chris's chin. His teeth clicked together, missing his tongue by a centimeter. She hadn't been kidding when she'd said she was jumpy. He turned and grasped her wrist gently, steadying the gun she'd aimed at the door.
"Relax," he whispered in her ear. "We wouldn't want you to wound the maid. Let's see who's knocking before we shoot them."
He lifted his mouth away from her ear and turned his attention back to the door. "Who's there?"
No one answered.

 
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