Eight Days to Live by Iris Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen [Johansen, Iris]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thrillers, Crime, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9781250073860
Google: gi_EoQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1250073863
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015-08-31T12:00:00+00:00

IN SIXTEEN MINUTES, THEY made the turn that left the edge of the cliff and wandered up through a forest of evergreens. Two minutes later they were gazing down at the traffic racing on the four-lane highway.

“Civilization,” Caleb murmured. “Or what passes for it.”

“There’s nothing civilized about Millet,” Jane said. “And we’ve got to hope that he’s ahead of us still in chase mode and not waiting for us somewhere along the highway.”

“We’ll play it safe and get off at the first exit that has a good-sized town,” Jock said. “Thanks to Weismann, Millet probably has a description of the car and license plates. We’ve got to get out of this BMW. Can you take care of that, Caleb?”

“Not right away. I’ll have to work on it.”

“I’m disappointed,” Jock said as he entered the highway. “I was expecting you to meet our every need.”

“I’ll work on it,” Caleb repeated. “First, let’s get off the highway and find a hotel where we can stay for an hour or so and assess the situation. That will give me a chance to see what I can do about transportation.”

“Studgard,” Lina said. “Two exits down. There are three hotels in the town.” It was the first time she had spoken in the last twenty minutes. “The Merrier is a lower-income motel and would probably be less public.”

“Thank you,” Jock said. “The Merrier. You haven’t steered us wrong yet.”

“I don’t want to help you. I have to do it,” Lina said coldly. “You’re the lesser of two evils right now. And if I decide that I’d do better without you, then I’ll walk away. I’m just a little confused right now, and I need time to clear my thinking.”

Of course, she’s confused, Jane thought sympathetically. She watched the life she had so painstakingly built from disaster destroyed in the space of less than an hour. “I tried to bring some of your personal things when we left the cottage, but I didn’t know what you’d want. I cleaned out your desk drawers and grabbed some clothes. I looked for your photo albums, but I couldn’t find them.”

Lina frowned. “Photo albums?”

“It’s what I’d want to take with me if I was ever forced to leave a place. Memories.”

“I have no photo albums.” Lina looked out the window at the stream of passing cars. “I prefer to live in the present.”

Jane felt again that surge of pity. She had not lived an easy life, but she had good memories of good people. Lina had been brutalized and cut off from family and country. Jane could not imagine being stripped of her memories of Eve and Joe. “But the present is tomorrow’s memory. I guess we just have to make it as good as possible.”

“I did make it good,” Lina said. “And it just blew up in my face.”

“I’m sorry that we were involved. I can’t blame you for resenting us.”

Lina’s gaze shifted back to her. “I don’t know how I feel right now. I have to think about it.

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