"As the two moved away from each other, Alex drew from his training on dealing with two targets and immediately attacked the weaker target, Frankie, w...th a quick kick. The kick did not do any damage but put Frankie in an indefensible position, and it was followed by a straight left that connected to his right cheek, and a right cross that caught the side of his head, knocking him to the ground.Alex let his momentum carry him around until he faced Stevie, just as Stevie was beginning to throw a. Another crash, of glass this time, and the man was straight through the window pane and running towards the rear of the house.“We’ve got a runner!” Thomas yelled before setting off after him.His shotgun tucked behind his back; Tom sprang through the window as well. More glass falling as Thomas added to the hole in the window. Wispy lace privacy curtains tangling around the butt of his weapon and getting pulled out after him. Glass crunched under Thomas’s boots as he set off after the felling. The road ahead is compacted gravel. It winds into the woodland and almost immediately, they lose sight of the inner gate. They continue for about a half-mile, although it seems much further and finally emerge into a clearing, to be confronted by a little knot of buildings. Joe parks the car and takes stock of the new developments.Joe and Jenny are confronted by six round buildings. Low pitched roofs overhang the walls which support them, presenting deep and generous eves.One is tall, tall as a. He resented her in a way. She was so full of it, he thought. He hurt inside still, especially when he thought about how she'd told him they could be friends. They never talked though. They barely acknowledged each other. She wasn't mean to him, and she said hi when she saw him, but it didn't seem like she was really making an effort to be his friend. She probably just said we can be friends to get me out of her face, he thought bitterly.She'll be leaving soon, he thought. She was graduating in.