Green File Crime Thrillers Box Set by James Kipling

Author:James Kipling [Kipling, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: James Kipling Publication House
Published: 2019-08-12T22:00:00+00:00

Book 3: War Begins

Chapter 1

Extraction

Tom Braston was trapped on a slippery, icy highway behind a green semi-truck that appeared angry and cruel. Because it was nighttime, the taillights on the trailer glowed with red, soulless eyes that made Tom feel very cold and uncertain.

“Roadblocks are everywhere,” he spoke into his cellphone, sitting in a white church van with the heat blasting in his face.

“Where are you?” Jessica asked Tom, as she sat around a warm campfire, located inside a small cave Jacob and Alvin had found. The cave was close to the river that spilled out of the tunnel. She had raced down that river like a mad woman, only this cave had no river and was horribly small, resembling nothing more than a little open mouth under the earth. Also, the cave was safe and well hidden.

Jacob had come across the cave more by accident, rather than skill. The satellites floating above the earth would have a difficult time locating the small cave, which was located at the bottom of a gorge.

“Pastor, Jacob has located a way out of this gorge but we're going to need time.” Jessica's voice echoed throughout the small cave, bouncing off of the rock walls.

“I'm in Missouri,” Tom told Jessica, as he grabbed a silver travel mug out of a cup holder and took a quick sip of coffee. He felt scared, that any cop would see through his plan and recognize guilt. “Do I even look like a pastor?”

He glanced down at his thick brown coat and then raised his hand to touch the brown muffler cap covering his head.

“Pastor?” Jessica asked, keeping her eyes on the campfire. Mandy was fast asleep in front of the campfire, cuddled up against Alvin's back. Alvin, although pretending to be asleep, was laying on the ground fully awake and listing to every word Jessica was saying.

“I'm here, Mrs. Mayes,” Tom assured Jessica and quickly took another sip of coffee. “I'm trapped at a dead standstill behind a semi-truck.” Tom put the travel mug down and focused on the weather. “The snow is getting heavier by the minute. I'm afraid I might be forced to take the nearest exit and call it a night.”

“Yes, it's snowing very hard,” Jessica sighed, growing silent for a second, and then finally asked, “Do you have the supplies?”

“Yes,” Tom nodded his head even though she couldn’t see him. He looked into the rearview mirror, and spotted three gray suitcases sitting on the back seat of the van. The van had three rows of back seats, which were usually filled with happy churchgoers; people excited about worshiping God. Now, the van felt empty and strange, as if the atmosphere of worship had been turned into an atmosphere of despair and doom. “I've been through numerous roadblocks, Mrs. Mayes. No one has searched my van...so far.”

Jessica heard someone approaching the cave from the outside. She tensed and watched Alvin carefully turn his ears toward the outside world. Without raising his head, he assured Jessica in a calm voice, “It's Jacob.

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