A Bullet for Cinderella

John D. MacDonald
A FAWCETT GOLD MEDAL BOOK
Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Conn. Member of American Book Publishers Council, Inc.
All characters in this book are fictional and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Copyright 1955 by John D. MacDonald
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof.
Printed in the United States of America
CAME THE DARK....
They lay on their sides, facing each other. In the half-light of the cave he could see the sheen of her eyes, the slow curve of her waist.
So we wait, she said.
And we'll have to be very careful, he answered. He likes the night. He even likes us right now, waiting for us to come out, to give him the pleasure of killing us. Killing ... that's really his only pleasure.
She rolled onto her back. Her voice was soft. We're going to make it, she said. We've got the money, and we'll get the car and then there's Buenos Aires, Paris and....