Chapter 5 - The Chemical BlizzardA massive wall of thick, suffocating white fire-suppression foam erupted from the overhead nozzles with explosive force, blasting across the boathouse like an arctic blizzard.
"Shoot them!" Susan screamed, panicking as the thick chemical foam blinded her vision.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
Marcus fired blindly into the white haze, the silenced submachine gun chewing through wooden crates and splashing harmlessly into the dark water of the slip.
Rory didn't hesitate. Trained in a hundred wet-work firefights long before he became a boardroom don, he dropped instantly to one knee, raised his 9mm, and fired twice through the blinding wall of white foam.
Thud. Thud.
A sharp cry of pain echoed through the fog, followed by the heavy clatter of metal hitting concrete.
"Ahhh! My leg!" Marcus shrieked, the sound of agony cutting through the hiss of the foam nozzles.
Veronica waded through the knee-deep foam, her eyes stinging, her hands locked onto Susan’s trench coat as the woman tried to scramble toward the exit. Veronica grabbed Susan by the collar, spun her around, and slammed her hard against the concrete pillar, pinning her with an iron grip born of months of suppressed frustration.
"Get off me, you filthy peasant!" Susan shrieked, thrashing wildly.
Rory emerged from the white haze, his face expressionless, his gun lowered just enough to point directly between Susan’s eyes.
The foam slowly began to settle around their feet like melting snow. Marcus lay bleeding heavily from a through-and-through bullet wound in his right thigh, clutching his weapon with a pale, trembling hand. The leather briefcase filled with bearer bonds sat discarded in the sludge nearby.
Rory walked slowly toward his treacherous sister-in-law, his boots crunching on the gravel and foam.
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"You wanted my empire, Susan?" Rory’s voice was a lethal whisper. "You wanted my daughters?"
Susan swallowed hard, her arrogant composure completely shattered, replaced by raw, primal terror as she looked into the eyes of a man who had nothing left to lose.
