EDGE OF HONOR: On The Edge Duet: Book One by Chance Jacob

Author:Chance, Jacob
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Belfast

Georgia’s slow, steady breathing relaxes me as I drive along the last portion of NC-12 S. I took a roundabout way of traveling to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, which added about thirty minutes extra onto our time. But it was necessary if I wanted to avoid all toll roads and the toll plazas that accompany them.

There might not be collectors in booths anymore, but there are cameras everywhere. And you can bet the FBI and whoever else might be after us will be facilitating that resource. The longer they don’t realize which direction we’re traveling, the more time we’ll have to find some of the answers we need.

Signaling before the next street, I turn left and drive to the very end, stopping just before the road turns to beach sand. “Georgia.” I shake her arm and she jumps as if she’s been jolted with electricity. Which might be a bad reference, seeing how I did tase her yesterday. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. We’re almost there.”

She gasps when she notices the impressive view in front of us. The Atlantic Ocean stretches out before us as far as we can see, surging and rolling, an endless sea of blue-green dotted with foaming white caps. “It’s beautiful.”

I smile and nod. “Aye, it sure is.” I’m glad she’s as overcome by the view as I am every single time I see it. I purchased my home in Cape Hatteras a few years ago under a dummy corporation so it can never be traced back to me. I’ve only had the pleasure of spending a few weeks here in total, but every time I see this stretch of sea it feels like the first time.

With our current circumstances, this is the perfect place for us to take refuge.

And with it being late September, most of the seasonal visitors should be gone and we won’t have to worry about many people being around.

“Where are we?” she asks.

“Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.”

“I’ve never been to the Outer Banks before, but I’ve always wanted to vacation here.”

“It’s a good thing you found me when you did then. You get to stay for free and you’ll have me to keep you company.”

“The free stay sounds nice,” she drolls.

I snicker. “Plus, you’ll be able to cross it off your bucket list.”

“Hopefully, it won’t be the last thing I get to cross off,” she grumbles.

“Where’s your optimism, Georgie?”

“I lost it when we were being shot at back in Boston--along with my career,” she snipes.

“Being near the ocean is good for putting things into proper perspective. Everything feels tiny compared to the sea. It could swallow us up any time it wants and we’d be powerless to stop it. What we’re dealing with isn’t anywhere near that bad.”

“True, but the likelihood of us not making it out of this situation alive is more realistic than the ocean drowning us.”

“Then we’ll go down together,” I offer.

She snorts. “That’s a comfort.”

“Have some faith in me, luv. I’ve got plenty of experience at walking away from difficult situations unscathed.

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