They came out through the lobby in quick succession, Samuel hitting the door first and bursting out into the afternoon sun of the car park at a full sprint. He made it perhaps twenty feet. The first officer came from the left, the second from the right, and Samuel didn’t see either of them until it was too late.
He went down hard on the tarmac, one officer’s knee between his shoulder blades, the other officer already reaching for cuffs, the whole thing over in seconds with the practiced efficiency of people who’d done it many times before. Ray came through the lobby door and stopped. Stood breathing hard in the afternoon sun.