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 THE ROOM WAS PAINTED IN A PLAIN SHADE OF WHITE WITH A DOUBLE BED PLACED IN THE MIDDLE. AS THE ROOM WAS SLANTED THERE WAS A RECTANGLE ROOF WINDOW LETTING IN LOTS OF SUNLIGHT WHICH DIPPED THE ROOM INTO A WARM SHADE OF GOLD. THE BROWN WOOD FLOOR ADDED TO THE WARM EFFECT. ALONG THE WIDTH OF THE ROOM THERE WAS A WALK IN CLOSET THAT WAS ABLE TO BE SHUT BY TWO BODY MIRRORS. "WELL I'LL LEAVE YOU TO SETTLE IN" DIXIE SAID AND TURNED TO WALK OUT THE DOOR. I WAS LEFT TO UNPACK MY FEW BELONGINGS IN MY SPARSELY FURNISHED ROOM. I PICKED UP THE VELVET ENVELOPE AND RAN IT THROUGH MY FINGERS BEFORE SLIPPING IT UNDER MY PILLOW. LAYER BY LAYER I PLACED MY CLOTHES INTO THE CLOSET UNTIL I HEARD A KNOCK ON MY DOOR. I SAW THE HANDEL BEING PUSHED DOWN AND CHARLIS FACE APPEARED IN THE CRACK OF THE DOOR . "LUNCH IS READY". SMILING, CHARLI PICKED ME UP ON HER BACK AND RAN ALONG THE GLASS WALLED GALLERY. WHEN WE GOT TO THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS I SLID OF CHARLIS BACK AND AS I WAS ABOUT TO SIT DOWN AT THE MARBLE DINING TABLE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE TERRACE DOOR SHATTERED INTO PIECES. A GROUP OF TALL BLACK FIGURES WERE CHARGING DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS THE HOUSE FIRING SHOTS AT THE WINDOW WHILE THEY CAME CLOSER. "GET DOWN AND CALL SECURITY" MARK YELLED. QUICKLY, I SLIPPED UNDER THE TABLE, MY BREATHING WAS SHALLOW AS THE PAST FIVE SECONDS REPLAYED IN MY MIND. I GLANCED OVER AT CHARLI AND YOU COULD SEE THE FEAR IN HER EYES. HEIDI AND MARK LOOKED AT EACH OTHER BEFORE NODDING THEIR HEADS. "WHATS GOING ON?" I WHISPERED. 

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