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Lamont released a curse, apparently realizing they had nowhere to go.
The SWAT officers’ faces were hidden by black masks, but their eyes were focused on her and Lamont.
Fear gripped Candi, paralyzing her. She’d never been in such a situation as this where loaded guns were trained on her. She was usually a woman who’d never really been around firearms, and to now have four of them pointed in her direction left her heart racing.
“LVPD! Release the woman and throw down your weapon!” a hard voice ordered.
Candi held her hands up where the police could see them.
“Hell no!” Lamont growled. “You’ll kill me as soon as she’s out the way.”
“There’s nowhere for you to go,” the leader of the SWAT team stated. “Let’s have this end peaceful with no bloodshed.”
Candi winced from Lamont shoving the gun farther into her side.
“I didn’t do anything wrong,” Lamont said.
“About ten people who called nine-one-one would disagree with you,” the officer replied.
“People need to learn to mind their own business. This is between my wife and me,” Lamont snapped.
“Let her go.” The cop’s voice hardened. “We won’t ask again. My sniper has his sights on you now and is waiting for my order.”
Lamont’s hand shook while he contemplated his options.
“Lamont, let me go,” she whispered. Her vision blurred from the tears gathering in her eyes. “Just let me go.”
“Fuck,” he snapped.
But he let her go.
Candi’s legs crumpled beneath her, sending her falling to the floor.
The police swarmed around her and Lamont. She lost sight of him as she was dragged away.
She was swung up into the arms of one of the cops and carried down the stairs. She shut her eyes tight and held on to the officer.
Candi opened her eyes and was met with the sight of chaos.
“Where are you taking me?” she asked, looking around at the police cars and hundreds of people standing around outside the house.
The cop grunted but kept walking. She turned her head and saw they were headed to an ambulance.
“I don’t need an ambulance,” she breathed. She needed to find a phone so she could call Dallas. “Thank you, sir. But I need to find someone.”
They arrived at the ambulance, and the EMTs immediately took the stretcher out and readied it for her.
“Put her here,” one of them instructed, patting the cart.
The cop gently laid her down, and it was then Candi glanced up at his face and froze.
She slowly reached up and hooked her fingers on the mask, pulling it down. A familiar face was revealed to her.
“Dallas?” she gasped in disbelief. She cupped his jaw while tears spilled down her cheeks.
He leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. Everyone around them was forgotten, and all Candi could think about was Dallas.
Chapter Fifteen
