mind was preoccupied with thoughts of her mother's failing health and the mounting medical bills. Th

in the dimly lit alley ahead. Her instincts urged her to turn back, but she had to take a short

ht. Emily's heart pounded in her chest, and she froze momentarily in shock and fear. Instinc

nfold before her eyes. The three figures in the alley were engaged in a heated gunfight with anot

t meant to see this; she was just an innocent bystander. But fate had other plans for her

tation, she turned and sprinted back the way she came, desperate to esca