Data Capture by Jesse J. Thoma

Author:Jesse J. Thoma [Thoma, Jesse J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626399860
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Holt felt exposed on the street in an unfamiliar city. She didn’t know the landscape or the players in Los Angeles. She was desperate to get back to Isabelle, but she had to take care of a couple of things first. Things that would help ensure Isabelle, Lola, and Quinn were safe.

As she walked, she scanned her surroundings. She was almost certain she wasn’t being followed. She’d dispatched the CMCs at the hospital without trouble. They hadn’t put up much of a fight after they realized who they were dealing with. In close quarters, like the hospital hallway where they’d tried to ambush her, she was close to unstoppable with nothing but her fists. Security had arrived as she was slipping out.

Now she wanted to stay under the radar and connect with the local police. Although it seemed likely that the CMCs had been alerted to her landing by someone at the airport or had somehow flagged her arrival, she couldn’t rule out the possibility that her phone had been compromised and her location was being tracked.

She’d removed the battery and SIM card, and the battery was going for a joy ride in the back of pickup truck, while the SIM card had seen better days thanks to the business end of her boot. Being without a phone heightened her feelings of vulnerability. At the first opportunity, she bought a prepaid burner phone, texted Max her identification code, and waited for confirmation.

As soon as she had it, she called. “Talk to me, Max.”

“Isabelle and the others are fine. Lola checked in about thirty minutes ago. George is secure, fed, and about to go down for the night. Tuna might request hazard pay after the last diaper change though. Fair warning.”

“Remind him which one is the baby,” Holt said. She missed her son, even his nuclear diapers.

“Oh, we have been. Constantly. Are you okay? How you doing making friends out there? Why the new phone? I asked you to be nice with my things.”

“First, I tried to make new friends four times. It’s just none of them were very nice to me, so I guess those relationships aren’t going anywhere. And second, I was very nice to your phone. It doesn’t have a scratch on it. It just might need a new battery and SIM card. Has Moose checked in?”

“Holt.” Max sounded exasperated.

“What? I couldn’t take the chance I was being tracked.”

“You were. By me. Now I have no idea where you are. No word from Moose yet. We’ll hear from him soon, I’m sure.”

Holt looked around. She gave Max the landmarks she could see. “Now can you please find me the fastest way to the police chief? I have a few things to discuss with them. And get an update from Moose. Quinn is probably going out of her mind worrying about her friend. And we should probably look for the kid they took as well, Brayden whatever his name was. Lola said she got him out as well.”

“Uh, H, you aren’t in Rhode Island.

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