She took her time entering, her eyes carefully scanning the four men positioned around the room.
Seeing her apparent surrender, the gunman’s alertness waned.
“You two, go and tie her up.
”
Tworge men approached Hannah with a rope in hand.
Meanwhile, Dotson remained just outside the door, gun in hand, poised to intervene at a moment’s notice.
As they reached her, the men brandished a rope.
“Cooperate with us,” they urged.
“Let’s keep this clean.
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Hannah nodded and lowered her hands.
“Okay, I’ll cooperate,” she responded with a faint smile.
As she spoke, the man with the gun noticed the two men standing motionless in front of Hannah.
His brow furrowed in confusion.
“What’s the holdup? Tie her up and bring her over here!” he demanded.
Despite hismands, the two men remained unresponsive, their backs still turned to him.
Sensing something was amiss, he turned to another aplice.
“Check on them…”
Before he could finish, Hannah swiftly sidestepped and fired two shots, one hitting the man’s wrist and the other his shoulder.
“Ah! Damn it! Shoot him now!” The man cried out as he copsed, still urging his associate to fire.
The other man quickly aimed his gun at Charlie, who was still kneeling on the ground.
However, before he could pull the trigger, Hannah’s bullets struck his arm and shoulder.
His face contorted in shock and pain, and he copsed without a sound.
Hannah holstered her gun and gave a dismissive push to the two petrified men in front of her.
Bang! Bang!
They toppled backward onto the floor.
At that moment, Dotson and others burst into the room, guns ready.
Hannah turned her attention to Charlie, still kneeling and bleeding from a gunshot wound to his calf.
“Can you stand?”
Sweat beaded on Charlie’s forehead as he pushed against the floor, trying to rise.
“Yeah…”
Dotson moved quickly to assist Charlie to his feet.
Examining the wound, he said, “Miss Moore, his leg looks pretty bad.
”
“I’m fine,” Charlie insisted, taking a staggering step back.
“Don’t worry about me.
Help them first.
”