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'Why don't you turn around before you trip?' he told Lisa.
Instead of obeying, she halted, crouched, spread her arms and growled.
Trev aimed his gun at her face. 'Keep moving.'
The girl from the trunk continued walking forward, but Sandy pranced up behind Lisa and slapped the side of her head. 'Do like he tells you,' she said.
Lisa whirled around. 'You bitch!' she snapped. 'We can take him!'
'You're dumber than a dead dog's butt, girl. He'd put holes in us sure.'
'He won't shoot us.' Lisa bared her teeth at him. 'You like us, don't you.' It wasn't a question. 'You want to save us, don't you.'
'My own skin comes first, Lisa,' he told her.
She lurched toward Sandy and grabbed the woman's arm. 'Come on. Help me.'
'Not on your life, gal.' Sandy tugged her arm from Lisa's grip and the blast of a gunshot crashed in Trev's ears and Lisa's head jerked sideways as if it had been kicked. A mess flew out from her left temple.
'Down!' Trev shouted.
He dropped to a crouch as Lisa toppled to the pavement. Sandy threw herself flat by the curb. The girl from the trunk turned around slowly as if confused.
'Get down!' Trev yelled at her.
Another shot. A bullet kicked sparks off the hood of a parked car. The way the girl leaped backward, it must've just missed her. She squatted quickly beside the car.

 
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