Fade to Blue by Hank Scheer

Author:Hank Scheer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Top Reads Publishing, LLC
Published: 2023-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

chapter sixteen

Collin Smith drove into the parking lot of Lenka’s Family Restaurant, squeezed the brakes, and looked around. The rain had stopped—at least for the time being—but puddles of water covered much of the black pavement. He focused his eyes and saw in the distance two people standing near a couple of vehicles. He nudged the accelerator and proceeded in their direction. His headlamps soon illuminated two men. One was Marcel. The other was a police officer.

“You gotta be kidding me.”

He drove a bit farther, parked, and stepped out of his car.

“Thank you for coming,” Marcel said. “Officer Relei, this is my friend Collin Smith.”

He looked at Collin and laughed. “What’s with the matching suits? Were the three of you ushers at a wedding?”

Marcel ignored him and turned to Collin. “Jon was assaulted and robbed. He has a broken nose and a gash in his neck.”

“What? Is he gonna be okay?”

“He won’t be as loquacious for a while, but he’ll recover.”

“Gentlemen, I have to file my report,” the officer said. “Take this as a lesson. Don’t carry a lot of cash. Everyone accepts plastic these days.”

“I couldn’t agree with you more,” Marcel said, and watched him get into his car and drive off. “Quick. Get your tablet and come with me.”

He got behind the wheel of his BMW and started the engine. Collin hopped in the passenger seat and Marcel accelerated through the parking lot.

“Don’t tell me,” Collin said as he fired up his iPad, “Sarah attacked Jon and escaped.”

“Yes.”

“How the hell did that happen?”

“I don’t know. I was in the restaurant getting carryout. When I returned, Jon was lying on the ground. He was bleeding and in shock.”

“Holy shit,” Collin exclaimed. “She really fucked him up.”

“Yes.”

“That’s crazy. I mean, Jon’s a big boy.”

“Apparently Sarah is very strong.”

“And not real happy,” Collin added.

“She also left behind a substantial amount of money. A mocking ‘thank you’ tip, I presume.”

Collin looked at his iPad screen. “She’s on Highway 101, six miles north of here.”

“That would seem right. She escaped about ten minutes ago.”

“You saw her get away?”

“She was in a car with two men. Unfortunately, I could do nothing to stop her.”

Collin scrunched his eyebrows. “Wait a minute. How could she escape? She injected herself with T-3.”

“Or so we thought,” Marcel said. He made a left turn onto the highway entrance ramp. “It was probably an anesthetic that temporarily knocked her out.”

“An anesthetic?”

“That’s my guess. It would explain why she wanted me to drop her off at a hospital.”

Collin nodded. “Now that’s ingenious.”

“Yes, it is. She’s extremely intelligent.”

“Intelligent, strong, and pissed off.”

“Underestimate her at your peril,” Marcel said.

They drove north on Highway 101, listening to raindrops and windshield wipers. Collin rechecked his screen. “I think she’s going to the San Jose airport.”

“Are you sure?”

“No, but the car she’s in is headed in that direction.”

“Then we don’t have much time,” Marcel said and upped his speed. He passed one car, moved over into the right-hand lane to pass two more cars, and then swerved back into the left lane.

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