Alibi Island by SLMN

Author:SLMN
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kingston Imperial

Mary-Joy awoke at dawn. She’d jammed her body well enough between the spars to have stayed still all night. The gun was still on the ledge, and she had not been discovered. There was, however, a huge rusting wall of metal heading towards her, the sound of a clanging ship’s bell and the steady THUB THUB THUB of the steamer’s engine.

The exhaustion was still the most prevalent feeling in her body, but she knew she needed to wake up fast. The steamer was coming alongside the jetty, and already the waves from its bow were more frequent and powerful. As it came in to dock, the waves it pushed might reach all the way up to the ledge where the gun was resting out of the water.

Mary-Joy pushed herself forward in the wash. Where the top half of her body had dried out already, the shock of dipping the wound back into the salty water sent a white bolt of pain through her frame. Mary-Joy ignored it. This would be her only chance, and she had to take it. She hauled herself up the ladder until she was again well clear of the water. She reached down to the ledge to retrieve the pistol. She climbed up, hooking her gun arm around a rung and pulling up with the other.

The wall of rusted metal was almost alongside. She could hear shouts and feet running about on the wood above.

The realization she hadn’t been woken in the night by guards searching the jetty slammed into her hard. Perhaps the Owners thought she couldn’t have escaped the compound. Perhaps they thought she was still hiding within the compound. Maybe they hadn’t found the hole outside of Charlotte’s chalet…

This notion flooded her with a sense of freedom which swelled through her heart.

If the guards weren’t looking for her out here, then maybe there would be an even chance of getting onto the steamer, offering a real chance of getting off the island.

Gangplanks were crashing down above her. More feet. Shouts. “Get up! Walk now!”

And then a female voice. Full of anger and hate. “Fuck. You. I’m Lainey fucking Ralston and you do not treat me like this you worthless cocksucker!”

Mary-Joy winced as she heard the slap, the snarl of a man and the terrified scream as the girl who had been hit, tumbled off the jetty and fell straight into the water.

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