Every Precious Thing (A Logan Harper Thriller) by Battles Brett

Author:Battles, Brett [Battles, Brett]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: mystery, conspiracy, suspense, thriller
Publisher: Brett Battles
Published: 2011-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

IF DIANA AND the Paskota woman weren’t working together, then the only way The Hideaway’s former bartender could have been there was because she had followed the doctor’s car. So that meant she’d hidden her own vehicle somewhere in the woods between where Logan and Dev stood and the main road, the opposite direction in which she’d run. At some point, she would have to circle back.

“Come on,” Logan said.

He and Dev ran along the path that Dr. Paskota had used to bring them here. They made it almost all the way back to the dirt road before Logan pulled to a stop and knelt down. Even in the darkness, he could see the eight-inch strip of compacted pine needles that led off the path. Predictably, he found a second, identical strip a few feet away.

Tire tracks.

Silently, he pointed in the direction they headed. Dev nodded.

Careful not to make a sound, the two men followed the tracks. About a hundred feet from where they began, they found a Ford sedan with California license plates, and a tag that identified it as a rental car. Though there was no one sitting inside, Logan saw that the keys were in the ignition, the car ready to go the moment the owner returned.

Dev raised a finger to his ear and tapped twice. Logan listened. Footsteps, fifty yards away and heading in their direction.

The two men immediately pulled back into the trees, hiding behind two pines close to the car. It was a whole minute before Logan saw a shadow moving through the woods on the other side of the sedan. It was Diana, of course. He’d never doubted that. She moved slowly, taking her time with each step, and probably thinking she was doing a good job of masking any noise.

Upon reaching the car, she abandoned her caution, and raced around to the driver’s door. As her hand shot out and grabbed the handle, Logan silently moved in behind her, his gun in his hand.

Sensing his presence, she started to whip around, but he yanked the gun out of her hand before she could bring it even halfway up. She staggered backward and slammed against the car door, knocking it closed again. “Get away from me!”

Logan tossed her gun to Dev. “You drive. Ms. Stockley and I will sit in back.”

He grabbed her arm and pulled her over to the rear door.

“Let me go!” She jerked back and forth, trying to break his grip, but succeeded in only getting him to squeeze tighter.

After Dev opened the door for them, Logan pushed Diana inside and jumped in right behind her. She immediately tried to get out the other door, but Logan was having none of it. He grabbed her again and pulled her back. “Don’t waste your energy. You’re not going anywhere.” To Dev, he said, “Child lock.”

“On it.”

Dev jogged around the car, opened the door next to Diana, and engaged the child lock so that the door couldn’t be opened from the inside.

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