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Angie felt sick as she heard the gun click behind her. She knew the safety was off, meaning that at any moment a bullet could be in her brain. She had to force herself not to freeze as she focused on the safe in front of her. She hadn't used the safe since she had inherited the company from her father.
"I wouldn't stall if I were you." Carver snapped. Angie closed her eyes for a moment before clicking the safe lock to the open position. She knew Matt was somewhere in the building and Zoe had set up the security cameras to link to their laptops so everything could be seen. In that moment it didn't matter. She was unable to push her terror back down. She knew there was no way she was going to walk away from the encounter unscathed. Matt and the others would never be able to reach her in time.
"Angela." The man behind her spoke again.
"Ok, ok." Angie snapped, determined not to show him how scared she really was. She stepped sideways, keeping her eyes on the safe door. "You want the money? Get it yourself." She turned away as he stepped towards her, the gun never left her. A moment later she was heading for the door as he yelled. The force of the bullet hitting her knocked her onto her knees as she felt the pain rip through her. Silently falling to the ground she closed her eyes, the pain blocking out all her other senses. She had no idea Danica and Maz were arresting the man who had shot her, that Zoe was calling the paramedics or that Matt was knelt next to her.
"Ang?" He pushed her black hair away from her face. "Tell me you had a vest on. C'mon Ang?" His eyes filled with tears as she lay in his arms. "Ang?" He pulled his hand away from her shoulder, examining the blood on his hands.
"Yeah." She gasped as he almost dropped her. "I."
"Zoe, where the Hell is that ambulance?"
"Its on the way." She snapped back at him as she knelt the other side of her boss. Danica and Maz dragged Carver out of the office to a waiting police van as Matt ran his eyes over his partner. "They said to keep her still and put pressure on the wound."
"Right. Pressure." Matt held his hand on her shoulder as Angie frowned. "Cmon Ang."
"Did you get him?"
He blinked as he heard her voice. "Matt?" She struggled to sit forward, before instantly realising it was a bad idea. "My arm really hurts."
"Bullet hit you in the shoulder." Zoe explained. Angie took a deep breath, trying to focus on Matt rather than the pain. Matt pressed harder on her shoulder as Angie held his gaze.
"Hurts."
"Its ok." Matt smiled slightly. "It."
"Is painful" Angie gasped. Her vision blurred slightly as she heard Matt tell her to stay awake. She raised an