Chapter 8Perry caught the flash as Badger dashed by. Damn it, he’d told her to wait outside. She charged past Perry to the downed man, lunged in, and grabbed that scrabbling hand. He wasn’t even close to the gun, but Badger would make sure he didn’t do any more harm.
After Perry stooped to retrieve the shotgun, he glanced around the room and through the door into the one from which Ike and the bitten gunman had emerged. “Where’s the fifth guy?”
For an instant, Ike looked puzzled. “Fifth? Oh, that was my cousin, Chivo, the damn pendejo. He’s in on this, but the boss sent him home. He’ll be in his house, right next door.”
The second deputy and the state trooper headed out to get him. Meanwhile, Mike went to drive the units down, one by one. Perry and the Fed handcuffed the bitten gunman.
