Chapter 167
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“ G ET DOWN!” I screamed as I dashed towards Rachel –
But she dove off the bed before I could reach her.
I rolled onto the ground next to her and we hid behind the bed.
“Again?!” she snarled, sounding more put out than frightened.
“Thermal scope?” I said like I was asking for her professional opinion.
There were heat-imaging scopes that could ‘see’ body heat and allow the shooter to target people in otherwise total darkness. That would’ve been the only way the sniper could aim at me through the curtains.
But thermal scopes had their issues – like ‘seeing’ through glass. It played havoc with their accuracy.
Rachel was undoubtedly thinking of that because she said, “It would explain how bad a shot he is p>
“Well, at least he’s persistent,” I muttered with dark humor.
“What if there’s more than one p>
“Then we’re in luck – we got a whole team of bad shooters p>
“Probably just the one guy, then,” she mused.
“Probably. I guess we should’ve gone hunting after the restaurant p>
She smirked. “I don’t know about you, but I preferred having sex p>
I laughed. “I agree p>
“No reason we can’t go hunting now,” she purred.
I gave her a wry grin. “Let’s p>
We had shed our clothes as soon as we walked into the room, so it was fairly easy to retrieve them; they were all by the door.
We rolled and dove quickly behind cover, which didn’t give the sniper a chance to aim at us – if he was even still out there.
As we hurriedly dressed, I talked through the problem to get her read on things.
“If there’s a team, there’s probably a guy watching each exit,” I said. “But if there’s only one… what would you do if you were him p>
She scoffed. “Assuming he’s competent? Pull back and get an unobstructed view of anyone approaching p>
“Wanna split up and come in from each side?” I asked. “You take east, I take west, and we regroup behind the hotel if things go to shit p>
“Sounds good to me p>
“One more thing p>
“What p>
“I want your phone number,” I said with a smile. “The last time I didn’t have it, things went very badly p>
She gave me some side-eye but smiled. “Let me take it off airplane mode first p>
She reached into her purse, turned on her cell, and rattled off her phone number. I called her immediately and heard a low vibration.
“Got it,” she confirmed.
“Call me if you get in trouble – or get the shooter p>
Rachel slipped on her black rubber shoes again, and we hid our guns – mine under my jacket, hers under her purse and shoes.
“Why don’t you just leave your high heels behind?” I asked.
She looked at me like I was insane. “These are $3000 Louboutins. No fucking way p>
I laughed and shook my head. “Alright p>
Once we were ready, I moved the dresser away from the door. We cautiously checked the hallway and then exited our room.
“Rachel p>
As soon as she turned to me, I kissed her hard. “Good luck p>
She grinned. “See you soon p>
And we ran in opposite directions down the hallway towards different stairwells.