Chapter 9 - Guide Me Home
Marcus dropped the knife. It clattered loudly on the tile floor.
"You're a monster," Marcus said, raising his hands. "Let her go. Take me. You won."
Silas laughed. "I always win. Maya thought she could steal my ledger and run. She thought she could hide. But I always find what's mine."
"Dad!" Lily screamed, looking at Marcus. It was the first time she had called him that.
Marcus looked at Lily, his eyes softening. "Close your eyes, sweetie. Remember what the necklace says."
Lily squeezed her eyes shut and grabbed the silver pendant. Guide me home.
Marcus kicked a heavy metal serving tray on the floor directly at Silas's shins. As Silas flinched, firing a shot wildly into the ceiling, Marcus lunged. He didn't go for the gun. He drove his entire body weight into Silas, tackling him through the rotting floor-to-ceiling windows of the cafeteria.
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They plummeted two stories down, crashing into the frozen courtyard below.
Marcus absorbed the impact, rolling off the shattered glass. Silas wasn't so lucky. A jagged piece of metal rebar from the ruins had pierced his chest. The cartel boss gasped, choking on his own blood, and finally went still.
