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gin to bawl. "I'm sorry ... " She be-  ken sobs of anguish I place a gentle
    gins to say.                           hand on Joe's shoulder and cry,
                                           "I'm sorry."
         BAM! BAM! BAM! Three deaf-
    ening shots crack from behind me.           My sight is drawn to a large
    Three lifeless bodies drop to the      pool of blood and through that glass
    floor like heavy potato sacks. What    window at the end of the hall I can
    feels like days later I stand up onto  hear the drip, drip of the unrelent-
    heavy legs and limp arms. I walk       ing rain.
    over a few steps and through bro-

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