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Deon’s maniacal laugh fills the room and silence falls over us. No one dares to move. No one even takes a breath. We’re all just standing, looking at each other, and watching Deon laugh and gasp for air.
“He’s not serious, is he?” Jayden is the first to break the silence.
Deon looks like he wants to say something, but he’s coughing up blood and he can’t speak. His hand is clutching his chest like he’s in pain. You can almost see the color draining from his eyes.
Connor scoffs and says, "He can’t be serious. He's bluffing,"
But I exchange a glance with Kieran, and in that instant, we both know the truth.
Deon isn’t bluffing.
I can hear the frantic, chaotic mess in his mind — images of explosives wired through the foundation, the ticking countdown set to his heartbe
