Dead Ties by Adam Nicholls

Author:Adam Nicholls
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Papyrus Publishing

Chapter Fifteen

Blake opened the van’s door. It grumbled on its roller. He looked over his shoulder, dived in, and quickly pulled it shut behind him. “What the hell happened?”

Jackie twisted the key, bringing the van to life. Within seconds they were out of there, pulling away from the flashing lights and the crowd of nosey onlookers who were just dying to get a glimpse of the action. “Your father turned himself in.” Her voice was desperate, helpless, and afraid.

“I can see that.” Blake poked his head between the two front seats and studied the road. “Why didn’t you stop him?” He could feel anger rising from the pit of his stomach, but he tried to silence it. Jackie was a friend, and the only one he had right now. Besides, it was hardly her fault.

“I tried, but he was out of the van before I could get a hand on him.”

“Dammit!” Blake bit on his fist, chewing his knuckles and contemplating their next move. Only he had no idea what to do. How could he? He’d been so dependent on Greg, Val, and Jackie that he’d grown unused to thinking for himself. “Where are we going?”

“I don’t know. Any ideas?” The needle hovered at around fifty miles per hour, keeping them moving fast while remaining discreet.

“Just… somewhere quiet. We have to figure this out. Man, we are so fucked!” Blake stamped his foot, tried to stifle his own cry at the numbing sensation in his heel.

Soon after, Jackie pulled into a side street.

Blake peered through the glass. It looked quiet enough down here; the back doors of small stores led out here, and there was a small Asian man dropping a stuffed black bag into a bin with more force than was necessary. A cat strolled by, glanced at them for a moment, then stopped to lick itself. It seemed everybody was minding their own business around here, and that was a blessed relief.

The van rocked as Jackie climbed into the back and took a seat on the cold metal beside him. “What do you want to do?”

“What are our options? Realistically, I mean.”

“Well,” she began, unclipping the earpiece and tossing it into the wall. Pang. “We can’t do much without your dad. We could work on getting him out of there, I guess.”

“Okay.” Blake sniffed. “And the only person who could help us get into a police station is Dad. So that’s o-u-t out. Any other bright ideas?”

“Don’t you get sarcastic with me,” she burst, her face flushing red and her eyes spreading wide.

She barely finished the sentence before Blake put his hands up in apologetic surrender.

“Sorry. It’s just one bad thing after the other. We’re taking one step forward and two steps back here.” He buried his face in his hands, rubbed at his tired eyes. “What about the banker?”

Jackie crossed her legs. “We have the info. I suppose we could…”

“Could what?” Blake stared at her. There was something dangling on her lips, something she was thinking and was too afraid to say.

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