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2021-02-16 06:39:05“Well, if it isn’t Dr. Sanderson. Is this a case of physician heal thyself or what?” Sam croaked in his gravelly voice. Meagan was bleeding badly from both arms and legs, and she looked like Sam had been using her as some sort of pin cushion without the pins.
His strength continued to return so that now his eyes were open and things were beginning to come into focus. “You think this is some sort of a sadistic game, Sam? Pretty sure I owe you a bullet to the head.”
Sam chuckled. “I know I can’t kill you, but it’s a shame you managed to get up. Maybe I can kill her.”
Before Elliott could react, Sam turned the gun on Cassidy and fired a single bullet in her direction. How Elliott had managed to let her walk out there with no cover, without even a weapon drawn, was beyond him, but he couldn’t move fast enough to react, and Brandon was across the room. Sam’s laughter mixed with the sound of his own scr
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