Got To Be A Hero (The Accidental Hero Series Book 1) by Paul Duffau

Author:Paul Duffau [Duffau, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cruiser Publications, LLC
Published: 2017-09-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Crimson trickled down to Mitch’s wrist from the nasty gash on the middle knuckle of his right fist; he could think now.

It would have been nice to have destroyed Lassiter instead of leaving a gaping hole in the garage wall. The dust he’d knocked loose in the violent attack to the helpless drywall threatened to make him sneeze, so he put his left forefinger under his nose and pressed to discourage it.

The rage had built over ten excruciating minutes. The minutes crept by as tears, one at a time, dropped down Kenzie’s cheeks. She kept saying “I’m sorry” and Mitch kept telling her it wasn’t her fault.

She knew that, he knew that; not that it mattered. They believed Lassiter that the clock had started on Jackson, and him.

A plan, some way out, seemed impossible.

He had escorted Kenzie home, head on a swivel looking for any new threats. Silent, both of them walked and thought. He didn’t kiss her good-bye. Instead, he gave her a leg up onto the brick wall. His breath caught in his throat when she wobbled, jumping back onto the roof, and he exhaled only when she reached her window safely. Once she was inside, Mitch had sprinted for the Camaro and roared into the night, his vision tinged red at the edges.

The urge to pummel something, someone, Lassiter, overwhelmed him. Mitch held it together until he sneaked into the garage. Then he exploded, punching the wall with every ounce of force he could muster.

That release of adrenaline jump-started his brain.

Lassiter had all the advantages, including the biggest one: a willingness to destroy lives to get what he wanted.

Wrong.

The analytical part of Mitch flagged his assumption, manipulated it, and recognized the falsity. Lassiter had advantages, huge ones, but one, no, two weaknesses. First, he didn’t have the device, whatever the stupid thing was. Two, he was playing chess.

Mitch smiled, a grim-faced thing that would have scared the crap out of Kenzie if she had seen it.

Yes, Lassiter was playing chess, and he stood ready to capture a pawn named Jackson and remove him from the board. What, thought Mitch, would happen if he pulled him from the board first?

An innocuous brown paper bag sat on the workbench, covered with particles of white gypsum board. They’d found it right where the asshole said it would be, smack dab in the middle of the parking lot. Kenzie insisted that she needed to take it with her.

All Mitch did was ask one question: What happens when your dad finds it?

She’d deflated, and the mean streak he faked to keep everybody else away faltered, and he almost gave in. That he’d guessed right, that she knew her dad would spy on her, tore at his heart. It wasn’t like he had a whole a lot more privacy, but he carved out space for himself. Score one for being a pain in the ass.

You ever think about running away?

Until tonight, never.

Now he’d reconsider, if she’d run away with him.

But first, they needed to defuse Lassiter, and do it without getting Jackson dead.

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