Blue's Code by James Abel

Author:James Abel [Abel, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Momosa Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-01-13T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Bennings and Jordan were little more than shadows against the wall as they moved down the hallway and toward the steps of Star’s Bed and Breakfast. The creaking floorboards of the 100-year-old house were their only concern in terms of drawing the attention of another guest.

Jordan followed on Bennings’s heels as they went down the steps and slipped out the front door and into the night. Once outside, they didn’t talk. They kept a fast pace through the side streets of Milledgeville for seven blocks until pausing in front of an old, one-story brick building with the Bell’s Bakery, Food, and Catering Service logo painted on it. It was only 5 a.m., but the sweet smell of fresh bread already filled the air.

Bennings motioned his partner to follow as he moved along the side of the building toward the back. When Bennings turned the corner, he saw what he’d seen on his surveillance run: a row of four delivery trucks facing out from their bays on a loading dock. Bennings, cutting between the trucks and the loading dock, soon found truck number 2884. It was a box truck with a roll-up rear door. Bennings pointed to the latch and gave Jordan a quick thumbs up. It wasn’t locked.

Here goes.

Clang! Bennings pulled on the latch and slowly lifted the truck’s door just high enough to squeeze underneath. Jordan went first. He laid flat on the truck bed and slid under the opening. Then Bennings slid the backpack they brought with them underneath the door and followed suit.

As soon as Bennings cleared the door, he stepped on the inside handle, closing the door. Bennings stood up, grabbed his backpack, and scanned the truck. Wide shelves ran down each side, designed to hold food bins that could be locked into place. The cab was open, allowing the driver to access the rear of the truck through a center walkway between the driver’s and passenger’s seats.

“What do we do about the latch?” Jordan asked. “We left it open.”

Bennings nodded and said, “Wait here. I’ll take care of it.”

Bennings walked toward the front of the truck, through the walkway to the cab, and slid into the driver’s seat. Then he checked out the door locks.

Good. Old school. He pulled up the driver’s side door lock, opened the door, and went around back to re-latch the roll-up door. When he returned, he found Jordan curled up between the back of the passenger’s seat and the shelves. Bennings sat down across from him, behind the driver’s seat, and said, “Okay. All systems go.”

“Now what? Did you know this was an open cab? We’re sitting ducks in here.”

Bennings smiled and said, ‘There you go with that duck thing again.” He opened his backpack and pulled out two small black tarps. He tossed one at Jordan and said, “That’s why I brought these. Put it over your head and settle in. At six in the morning, no one is very observant—especially after a late Saturday night.”

“I’m not so sure.

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