Chapter 2 - Code TwoTime seemed to stop.
Sarah lay on the floor, struggling to breathe. Her dark blue silk robe was twisted beneath her, and a thin line of blood ran from the cut on her forehead.
The intruder turned toward Lily.
Sarah's heart nearly stopped.
She couldn't overpower him.
She couldn't even stand.
But she could still think.
Slowly, Sarah raised two trembling fingers.
Lily understood immediately.
"Code Two."
The words barely escaped Sarah's lips.
But Lily heard them.
Her sleepy expression vanished.
The little girl suddenly became focused.
She turned toward the hallway wall where the family's emergency security keypad was mounted.
The intruder noticed.
"What are you doing?"
His voice thundered through the kitchen.
Lily ran.
Her small feet slapped against the floor.
Behind her, the man charged.
Sarah tried to move.
Pain ripped through her body.
"Lily!"
The girl reached the security panel.
Her fingers moved exactly as her mother had taught her.
The emergency system activated.
A silent signal was transmitted.
For a heartbeat, nothing happened.
Then the intruder was almost upon her.
Lily looked over her shoulder.
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The man was coming.
And there was nowhere left to run.
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