Chapter 20 - Luca Takes A Bullet To Save Our Children
Before the masked man could take another step toward Leo and Maya’s cribs, a dark shadow lunged from the hallway shadows.
It was Luca, who had parked his car outside our townhouse to keep watch through the night.
He tackled the intruder squarely to the floor, sending the heavy crowbar clattering across the hallway baseboards.
A sharp, deafening gunshot echoed through the small house as a second hidden accomplice fired a silenced pistol from the landing.
Luca gasped, stumbling backward against the nursery wall while clutching his bleeding shoulder in agonizing pain.
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I screamed in terror, rushing past the wounded intruder to shield Leo and Maya inside the reinforced closet.
Sirens wailed in the distance as police cruisers converged on our street, swarming the townhouse with drawn weapons.
