Crime Wave by Rose Pressey

Author:Rose Pressey [Pressey, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00DIDMDEC
Published: 2013-07-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

The next day everything would have been fine if not for the same black vehicle following Dorothy and me again. My world was spinning out of control.

“Dorothy, the black car is following us again,” I said.

She lifted her spectacles up on her face, peered in the rearview mirror, and then said, “Well, I’ll be damned.”

“What the hell do they want?” My heart rate increased. “Do you think it’s the same man who was in the SUV?”

“Punch it.” Dorothy reached over and pushed down on my leg, making my foot hit the gas pedal even harder.

We sped forward in a fury. It was a good thing no other cars were in front of us.

“What are you doing?” I yelled.

“This is life or death. It calls for desperate measures,” she said in all seriousness.

I knew a trick that I’d seen on one of the detective shows (which one failed me at the moment, but that was neither here nor there), but what were the odds that I’d be able to pull it off in real life? Besides, it probably had been a fake stunt anyway. What did I have to lose at this point though? I punched the gas again without Dorothy’s help this time. I steered the car onto the next street, then immediately pulled into the parking garage. The only problem with my plan, though, was that the parking garage was closed. The gate didn’t lift and I was stuck at the guard stand.

“What are you going to do now?” Dorothy asked in a panicked tone.

“I don’t know. Let me think,” I said.

“Well, you’d better think of something fast,” she said.

To my surprise, when I looked in the rearview mirror, the black car zoomed past. I held my breath waiting for it back up, but after several seconds that never happened. Had they really not seen my car sitting there? I couldn’t get that lucky. How would I get out of here? I’d have to back up and pull out onto the street again. I’d have to do it quickly before the car came back and trapped me in this spot. I shifted the car into reverse and tapped the gas lightly. After another car passed, I pulled back onto the street. Up ahead, I spotted the black car. It was parked on the side of the road. Unfortunately, it was too far away to read the license plate number. I couldn’t drive past, so I pulled over to the curb.

After a couple seconds, the car merged back into traffic and zipped in right behind it. I was going to find out who this person was and what he wanted.

“What are you doing?” Dorothy asked.

“We’re following him.”

After a few blocks, the car turned into a gym parking lot. I circled the lot and found a spot. Dorothy hopped out behind me as we followed the car toward the building.

We rushed through the gym doors ready to confront the man who had followed us. But once inside, I stopped in my tracks.

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