Jim begged his wife to leave him there. He tried to make Ellen run for it , pushing her out the open basement door to get away from Paul Sicarius. They heard him running, up stairs above them. To their surprise, he did not come down stairs to the basement. Jim had to sit down, his legs were shot. Ellen grabbed a chair and sat him down. He looked at her, his eyes were full of tears."I'm supposed to protect you!" "I can't even walk."
Ellen stroked his gray hair and consoled him. "Jim, we've lived a long life." "If this is the end, we go together." They held each other tight. After a few minutes, Ellen had an idea. "Jim, let's barricade the upstairs door. We can buy a little time." "He looks sick, he won't be able to fight us both off. We can target his leg. It looked real sore. He could ba
