QUOTE : You bitch!” He screamed. “You tricked me—just like Kevin!” Lexy’s brain was screaming for her to run, but her legs felt like tree trunks rooted to the spot. Jason’s eyes were wild, his face a mask of rage. “No one crosses me,” he sputtered. “You saw what happened to Kevin when he tried it. He got his and now you’ll get yours, too! Jason lunged for Lexy, wrapping his hands around her throat, squeezing with all his might. Lexy tried to fend him off, but her air supply was dwindling, stars swam before her eyes, everything was starting to turn black. She thought of Nans and Sprinkles. What would they do without her? Jason’s face, only inches from hers, was screwed up in anger as he focused his energy on choking the life out of her. With one last burst of strength, she reached into her purse. Her hand closed on a round cylinder. She brought her hand up in between their faces, pressed the button on the cylinder and sprayed. Lexy heard Jason scream, then felt him release his hold on her neck. She slumped to the floor gasping for air, but finding only the heavy mist of pepper spray, which her lungs violently coughed out again. Hearing a thunderous crash and the sound of splintering wood, she peered through teary eyes toward the direction of the sound just in time to see Jack and several members of the BRPD come barreling through the door with their guns drawn.