I kicked the girl's chair out from under her, and she fell off it onto her side. I stood on her hand and then kicked her gun across the room. I kicked her bag after it-with her other gun in side it. She screamed at me.
Get up, I said
She got up slowly and backed away from me to the wall, with a crazy light in her eyes, and showing her teeth like a wild animal.
I went over to a door. There was a bathroom behind it. I waved my hand at Carol.
In
She walked across the floor and in front of me, very close.
Listen a minute ---
I pushed her through the floor, slammed it and turned the key. The bathroom had a window and she could jump out, but I didn't care.
I went across to Sunset and felt his pockets. There were some keys on a ring, and one of them was a car key.
I looked at Madder, noticed that his fingers were as white as snow, then went downstairs and out of the house. I got into the old car and put the key in the lock. It fitted.
It took a while before I could get the car started and drive it down to the road. Nothing moved in the house. The tall trees around it waved in the wind, and a cold heartless sunlight shone through their branches as they moved.
I drove as fast as I could back to Capitol Way, past the Snoqualmie Hotel, and over the bridge towards the sea and Westport