Emerald

Lex's life was going good. He became a member in the MLM (Midnight Liberator Mafia). It was all going fine until the boss gave him a job to kill the owner of a local grocery store. When he gets to the grocery store with two of his fellow Mafia members, he must kill everyone inside with clean, precise shots, but what if he can't? --- Emerald was working the graveyard shift at the grocery store, helping the owner and seven of her coworkers stock shelves, when three MLM members walk in. They all run, but Emerald finds herself under the mercy of Lex "The Terminator." Can she escape?
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The girl I was holding whimpered again, and I pulled her close to my body. I clamped on hand over her mouth as I pointed to a room. She nodded her head, and we slowly crept our way to the back room. I was doing good to stay out of my guys’ ways when Collin cleared his throat. I cursed to myself as I turned and faced him.
“Yes?” I asked impatiently. The girl I was holding bit down on my hand hard and kneed me in the balls. “Damn you, Collin.”
“What did I do?” Collin shouted as he pulled out his pistol. I knew he wouldn’t shoot me. It dawned on me then that the girl was running away. I grabbed my gun and fired two shots just above her and to the side of her before Collin could even cock his.
The pretty brunette stopped with her hand on the doorknob as she looked at the bullet hole above her head, and then at the one right next to her head.