Defy the Stars by Sophie McKenzie

Author:Sophie McKenzie [McKenzie, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780857071064
Google: YautAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00EA8YW3E
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

14

The car sped along. Within seconds we were zooming fast, heading across the roundabout and towards the main road. I shrank back, into the corner of the passenger seat.

‘What are you doing?’ I found my voice at last.

Cody glanced across at me. His gun was in his lap. Beads of sweat glistened on his forehead. ‘I just need to talk to you,’ he muttered.

‘Talk to me?’ I shook my head. Panic swirled in my guts. ‘We could have talked on the pavement. You didn’t have to force me into a car at gunpoint.’

Cody said nothing.

‘What are you going to do with me?’ My heart was beating so fast I felt sick.

‘I had to get you away from Flynn,’ Cody said. His hands gripped the steering wheel, his eyes darting over the road ahead.

I glanced into the wing mirror again. Was Flynn behind us somewhere? I cursed myself for not having asked him about his car. I’d only seen a flash of the door as it shut. I wasn’t even sure what colour it was, so, unless it was right behind us, I wouldn’t be able to spot Flynn at all.

‘Come on.’ The traffic had slowed up ahead. Cody swore at the stationary cars. He looked seriously unhinged, his eyes wide and staring and his pale brown hair sticking up at the back.

‘Please, Cody.’ I glanced at my door. We were barely moving right now. Maybe I could try and leap out. I put my hand on the door handle.

‘Stay still’ Cody’s voice rose. His hand reached for the gun in his lap. ‘Stay still, you bitch. You ratted me out, went to the police. You told them everything.’

‘I didn’t.’ I bit my lip, my whole body trembling. ‘I made one anonymous call. Please.’

The traffic ahead moved. Cody pressed on the accelerator and we sped away again. I looked around, but I couldn’t see Flynn in any of the nearby cars. It was too much to hope he’d be able to follow Cody through all this traffic anyway. I slid my hand inside my jeans pocket. If I could get my phone out without Cody seeing, I could dial 999.

‘No!’ Cody raised his gun again. He glanced angrily across at me. ‘Give me your mobile. And your bag.’

I handed everything over. My bag contained both my purse and Flynn’s wallet. I felt lost without it.

‘Where are we going?’ I asked as we careered, too fast, around a bend in the road. ‘You can’t just—’

‘Shut up,’ Cody snapped. ‘This is all your fault.’

‘What?’

‘You shouldn’t have seen what you saw . . . Bentham giving me that cash, the order to . . . to . . . And you shouldn’t have called the police.’

‘Okay, but . . . but . . .’ I hesitated, the enormity of my situation hitting me. It struck me that if I didn’t go to the police now, I really was turning a blind eye to Cody and Bentham’s horrific activities. Still, my first priority was to get away from Cody.

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