Chapter 10: 10

Chapter 10 The firefight lasted ten minutes. Ten minutes that felt like hours. Ryan and our defenders returned fire from cover. Dad pulled me behind a concrete pillar, shielding me with his body. "Stay down!" he ordered. But I could see what was happening. David's group was trying to reach the supply room. They weren't here to join us. They were here to take everything and leave us to die. One of David's men went down, shot by Ryan. Then another, caught by Patricia's surprisingly good aim. That...