Galvanized into action, Matt immediately pulled Audrey to the floor and used his body to shield her. “Don’t move,” he barked. The spitting sound of another bullet came through the window and slammed into the floor close to his head. “Geez! That’s a little too close for comfort! Wriggle toward the hallway! Go now!”

“Make up your mind!” she scolded, frantically maneuvering across the floor toward the passageway.

A bullet tore through the wingchair...