Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

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IDEAL
MADDOX
"We did our best to keep them out but some came in as guests and actually
paid for a room so we couldn’t—” an ear shattering scream echoed in the
halls, effectively cutting off whatever Justin had to say.
My whole body seemed to freeze as soon as I realized it came straight
from the girls room. Before I could even comprehend what was happening, I
was there, busting the door open with no second thought, gun aimed straight
in front of me and ready to shoot at whoever was hurting them.
On the bed, startled awake, eyes wide and lips trembling in fear sat
Valentina. She clearly was woken up by the scream, which meant it came
from Sofia. I found it a little hard to breathe as I looked the room over but
she was nowhere in sight. My heart was torn between taking Valentina in my
arms to reassure her and finding her sister.
Glass shattering in the bathroom drew my attention there. Behind me, I
could hear Justin and other officers entering. I didn’t wait for any of them to
spot me and just ran straight to the bathroom, pushing the door open and
stopping at the sight that greeted me.
In all of my twenty-eight years of living, never once had I experienced
true, soul crushing, blood curdling fear. I had a pretty good childhood, a great
family, friends, I was never bullied or in any type of real danger, so I had no
reason to be afraid of anything, really. Yet as I pushed the bathroom door
open that night, and saw a hooded man holding Sofia to his chest with a hand
on her mouth while she was fighting to get out of his hold, I was terrified.
I was terrified because I didn’t know if he was armed, I didn’t know who
he was, I didn’t know if in the five minutes the girls were alone in their room
he had had time to hurt them in any way. That scared the shit out of me.