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Chapters (62)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Map
  5. Newspaper Extract
  6. Survive
  7. One Hundred Miles
  8. So Many and So Fast
  9. Start to Die
  10. Fish in a Barrel
  11. Because of the Blood
  12. Can’t be Real
  13. Waiting to Die
  14. Panic
  15. None of Them
  16. Trapped
  17. Video Game
  18. Like Her Life Depends on It
  19. Before He Sees Us
  20. It’s Your Lucky Day
  21. Just a Shell
  22. The World’s Best Reality Show
  23. How Long
  24. No Matter What Happens
  25. The One Who Decides
  26. What You Need to Do
  27. One Last Time
  28. The Biggest Secret Ever
  29. What They Want Me to Believe
  30. Who He Really Is
  31. People Like You
  32. I Believe She Is Saying
  33. Wake Up
  34. We Told You What Would Happen
  35. Slowly, Slowly
  36. Everything Is Under Control
  37. Come with Me
  38. The Last Thing They’d Expect
  39. They Can’t Shoot All of Us
  40. Go Down Swinging
  41. Not Running Away
  42. If You’re Going to Lie
  43. Every Rattle and Click
  44. Infinitesimal
  45. No Safe Place
  46. I Didn’t Know
  47. Straight to the Source
  48. Nothing but the Breathing
  49. Anything Other Than Killing
  50. You Honestly Believed
  51. Three Inches Away
  52. Not Anymore
  53. Refusing to Crack
  54. On the Trigger
  55. Over
  56. All Too Much
  57. Together, We Can Make a Difference
  58. A Note From the Author
  59. Other Mysteries by April Henry
  60. Honors for April Henry
  61. About the Author
  62. Newsletter Sign-up

HIXON: Mr. Skinner, how can we resolve this? I mean, how can we save these children and women and—

SKINNER: You have our manifesto. You know what we want.

HIXON: I’m sure someone is working on all that for you. I’m not directly involved in the details. I’m here for just one reason, and that’s to reach a peaceful resolution. But I’m not going to lie to you: getting that plane might be a little tricky. I mean, we should be able to get it, but it might take a little while.

SKINNER: We want that bus here within an hour or someone’s going to die. Probably a whole lot of someones.

HIXON: I’ll work on getting you that bus, but I need you to do something for me, okay? To show that we’re both acting in good faith. You’ve probably got some kids there who are crying or some people who are injured. It’s going to be a hassle to move them from a bus and then to a plane. Why not give us the ones that are hard to manage?

SKINNER: How do you know about them? Do you have eyes on us? You do, don’t you? Well then, I’ll just shoot one of them and you’ll be able to see them die!

HIXON: No, no! That was just an educated guess. We’re not spying on you.

SKINNER: You tell everyone they have to leave us alone, unless they want more people to die. If we see any sign that you are spying on us, then their blood will be on your hands!

Go Down Swinging

GO DOWN SWINGING

5:50 P.M.

“So what are you proposing that we do?” Cole says. “It’s not like we can go back down to that corridor where he took Amina. If things go south, there’s no place to hide.”

“We go the other way.” Grace points. “Amina said it goes out to the mall.”

“Then they’ll see us.” Cole folds his arms across his chest.

“It doesn’t end right in the main hall,” Javier says. “It opens into one of the side halls, between Claire’s and Pottery Barn. And at the intersection of that hall with the main hall there are two kiosks. We could maybe use them for cover.”

Miranda scrolls back through her texts with Parker. “My friend Parker told me there’s at least two guys outside that metal fence or gate or whatever it is,” Miranda says. “And only one inside.”

“If we created a distraction, maybe we could get one of them to come around the corner to investigate.” Grace holds out one fist and then grabs it with the other hand. “Then we could ambush him, hold Javier’s gun to his head, and use him as a bargaining chip to force them to let Amina go.”