Fortune Favors by Sean Ellis

Author:Sean Ellis [Ellis, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Thrillers, General
ISBN: 9780989260312
Google: TiPUnAEACAAJ
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Goodreads: 17974319
Publisher: Seven Realms
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Elisabeth sucked greedily at the cigarette, holding the nicotine-laced smoke in her lungs for several seconds before exhaling out the open car window. The breeze of their passage down the Savannah Highway snatched the fumes away, but a lingering trace of the odor permeated the car. During their time together, Leeds had forbade her from smoking in his presence, but right now she didn’t give a damn what he thought, and besides, he seemed to have other things on his mind.

She’d only gotten a brief glimpse of the wound in the moments following their escape from the cemetery. Leeds had quickly wrapped his injured hand in a now thoroughly blood-soaked cloth, but she’d seen enough to know that the pain must have been debilitating. The unseen sniper’s bullet had torn off half his hand. Nevertheless, Leeds had calmly led her from the smoke filled house and back to their rented sedan where he’d gotten in the passenger’s side and instructed her to drive, supplying her with a destination as soon as they were outside the cemetery gates.. Except for the telltale beads of perspiration on his brow, Leeds seemed completely indifferent to the experience.

Maybe not completely indifferent, she thought. He’s not bitching about me smoking.

She tossed the cigarette butt out the window and took the exit Leeds had earlier indicated. As she negotiated the main streets, he spoke again, guiding her through turns and into a residential neighborhood like some kind of living GPS device.

“Stop here,” Leeds announced after directing her to turn into a typically nondescript suburban cul-de-sac.

Elisabeth eased the sedan to the curb and Leeds promptly got out, protectively cradling his injured right hand, but otherwise moving with his usual self-assuredness. She hastened after him, catching him just as he turned up a concrete path to the front door of a rambling ranch-style home that had seen better days. Without preamble, Leeds stabbed a finger at the doorbell, then impatiently rapped the knuckles of his left hand against the doorframe.

A dog began barking from somewhere inside the house, followed by gruff commands from its owner. The door swung open a moment later to reveal a stocky middle-aged man who studied them carefully through the screen-door—Elisabeth noted that his gaze lingered appreciatively on her—before speaking. “Can I help you folks?”

“I am Dr. John Leeds.” There was, at last, the barest hint of discomfort, or perhaps it was urgency, in his tone. “This is Elisabeth. I have been told that you are a physician. I have been injured...” He held up his right hand, and the movement caused a fat drop of blood to spatter on the concrete at his feet. “I require medical attention.”

The man’s eyes widened. “Well, goddamn...Why did you come here? You should get to the emergency room!”

Leeds pitched his voice low. “This is a bullet wound. I cannot seek treatment through the normal channels. I was assured that you could help me...Dr. Ayak.”

The man went instantly pale. For a moment, he appeared unable to

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