Bayou Bound by Jennifer Samson

Author:Jennifer Samson [Samson, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sin city, las vegas, 1960s, louisiana, bayou, prison escape, crooked cops, buddy, chained, friendship, crime, mafia
Publisher: Twin Crowns Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Jake moved through the brush as best he could, finding areas which almost looked like trails sometimes. The dry creek bed turned into a flowing creek which turned into a narrow, deep flow like the bayou and then met up with a wide, swampy river a mile back. Jake hoped it was the west arm of the Guidry, the river Tim kept yapping about.

“Are you sure we’re going to find a cabin?”

“Yeah,” Tim said. “Johnny Ray said they were on both sides of the river. He said there were plenty on the west side. He said they caught the prisoners from the last break between the arms and we should avoid it because they’d search there first.”

“I doubt it,” Jake said. “Maybe if we’d escaped from the prison they would.”

“Just what I was thinking. He was trying to keep us on this side. Dunno why. I figure we cross the river at some point, then find a cabin on the east side. It could buy us some time.”

“You better know where the hell you’re going,” Jake said. “I’m not going back inside because you have a lousy sense of direction.”

“Yeah, well I don’t see you leading the way, Mr. Alabama.”

The sun was beginning to set, low in the sky and casting long shadows. He wanted to be across the river before it was dark—all his years in Alabama he’d only seen gators a few times, but according to Tim that made him the expert. He wasn’t sure if alligators were nocturnal or not, and he wasn’t itching to find out.

The sun was almost down as they moved down the river bank, keeping close to the water’s edge in the hopes it would erase their footprints. Jake wished they’d crossed it further back when it was lower water. The river had widened and looked dark and foreboding, even with the last of the day’s sun still in the sky.

He paused, not sure he’d heard the sound, then the panic rose.

“Did you hear that?”

“Hear what?” Kelly asked.

“Shh,” he said. “Listen.”

In the distance a plaintiff yowl was heard, then a deep bark.

“Shit,” Kelly said. “Dogs.”

“Yeah, dogs. Come on, we gotta move. Even with us moving through the water edge like this, they’ll still find us.”

They started moving again, but it was slow going with the sun going down and it being harder to see in the dark bayou. Jake yanked on the chain as he moved, Kelly swearing behind him.

The dogs got louder.

They sounded like bloodhounds.

“We need to get outta here,” Jake said. “Those sound like bloodhounds.”

“What of it?”

“Their sense of smell is the best there is. They’ll find us in no time. Our only chance is getting across the river, it’ll at least give us some time. We can make it look like we headed off this way, maybe throw our shirts into the bush or something. They won’t stay confused for long, but it’ll give us a few minutes at least.”

They tracked into the wilderness away from the river for awhile, throwing their shirts into the dense brush, then tracked back to the water’s edge.

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