Chapter 36. Red Picket Fence (2)

She took the gun out of his hand and emptied the rest of the magazine. Kate set the gun down, brought forth the new target sheet and compared it to his.

“Well I’ll be damned. Check you out. You’re as impressive as she said you are. Why didn’t you try to kill me?”

“Family’s important to her and you’re her family. Even if it was a clean kill, she never would have gotten over it. If I could have done it without hurting her, without losing her, I probably would have.”

“That kind of thinking will get you killed. Then we’ll be stuck with the hot mess she was after Ethan all over again. If you want to stand next to her, next time shoot to kill.”

She refilled his magazine, picked his gun back up and started firing rapidly as if in demonstration.

“So what is it? Do you guys have some super-secret handshake or something? I’ve never met a person who could tell us apart without at least some practice. I even dressed up for you and everything.”

He took the gun