Chapter 25 Lucky

• The man shrieked in his chair; his eyes snapped shut at the sound of the gunshot. For a moment he froze, expecting the worst. Then slowly he opened them again, realising he was still alive, he let out a sigh of relief, glad that he had just escaped the bullet by pure luck.
• He looked up to find Lolita pinned against Eduardo’s chest, while her legs were kicking wildly as she tried to break free.
• Eduardo had swooped in from behind and lifted her, thereby saving the man from being killed. The bullet ended up in the ceiling instead of his skull; only the shards of the shattered whisky bottle had grazed his feet, which he didn’t mind as his life was saved.