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Chapter 8

By the time he reached his parking lot, it was quarter to midnight. He hadn’t realized it was so late. He pulled the key from his ignition, cutting off the car, then jammed his foot on the brake when the vehicle started to roll backwards. With a hard yank, he tugged up the parking brake. “And stay there,” he growled, opening the car door. He tried to step out and stumbled to the ground.

“Fuck.”

On his hands and knees, Dale pushed himself up off the cold pavement. He was definitely batting zero tonight. When he slammed the car door shut behind him, it didn’t quite latch, so he kicked at it once, twice, all the while thumbing the lock button on his key fob. After what seemed like hours, the damn horn finally beeped, telling him the car was secure. Just to test it, he tugged on the door handle.

And promptly set off the car alarm.