Nick yelled.He drew his Glock and searched for what she was screaming at.The blonde dropped her backpack and threw her arms into the air, then screamed again at the top of her lungs. “Don’t shoot!”Sarah pulled out her flashlight and quickly scanned the creepy alley with the halogen light, finally settling the beam on the girl with her hands in the air. “Are you okay?”“What?”“It’s all right, miss. Put your arms down. We’re police officers.” Sarah lowered her heavy-duty flashlight, training the light on the ground.The blonde put her hand out to shade her eyes. “Oh, I couldn’t see you, I just saw a gun pointed at me and two figures. It freaked me out.”Nick pulled out his own flashlight and walked past the two of them. “I’m going to take a look down here.”“Sorry about the scare,” Sarah said to the woman. “We saw your van driving into the alley and wanted to make sure everything was okay. Are you going in here alone?”Her eyes were still as big as saucers as she stepped under the mercury light above the bakery door, her hands still elevated.
