Hard Tide: A Sea Adventure (Florida Coast Adventures) by Asa Johnny

Author:Asa, Johnny [Asa, Johnny]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

19

As I made my way down the stairs, chaos, confusion, and fire consumed the building. I tried to ignore my heart pounding in my chest. The homemade charge I’d planted in Elliott’s office had worked like a charm, flinging the son of a gun’s body out into the fresh air several stories up, but causing little other collateral damage.

That didn’t mean I wanted to stick around and let people put together the pieces. As fire alarms blared in my ears, I hustled out of the stairwell, shouldering open the door and stepping into the throng of other people desperately trying to flee the building. While I was fairly sure the fire sprinklers had already put out the blaze, part of me worried about the people who worked here anyway.

I wasn’t sure how many people here actually worked for the Scorpions, but I couldn’t think about that now. The look in Elliott’s eyes as he told me we’d meet up later was burned into my brain. Those were the eyes of a predator, and what’s more, he’d caught my scent. We’d both known it.

Killing him had been the right call because if I’d learned one thing dealing with insurgents, it was that the easiest way to win was to cut the head off the snake. Then the rest of it would flail uselessly. So far, I’d cut off two heads, and while I wasn’t sure how many were left, I knew it couldn’t be many.

Besides, I had another name and an address. The illustrious Jimmy. I’d find him and break him. Only, I’d have to be more careful because they might be expecting me.

As I broke through the lobby doors with the crowd, I spun on my heel and headed toward my meeting place with Mary Ann. The sounds of police sirens filled my ears, and as I glanced toward the sound, I saw the cars streaking toward the building, gumballs flashing.

Adrenaline surged through my veins, and I had to fight the urge to run. If I did that, someone might chase me, and that was the last thing I needed. Instead, I tucked my hands into the pockets of my green UPD shorts and tried to look as nonchalant as possible.

As I came to the corner, I turned and glanced around to see if anyone had followed me. No one had.

I sucked in a breath and tried to calm myself as I pulled off my cap and ran a hand through my sweaty hair. Part of me was surprised the bomb had worked, what with it having been jury-rigged and all, but it looked like when it came to bombs, Ren knew a thing or two.

I moved down the street, my sneakers pounding on the sidewalk as I rolled over my plan in my head. First thing was first, I needed to find out about this Jimmy.

I pulled out my cellphone and hit Ren’s number. It rang twice before he picked up.

“I don’t have anything yet,” Ren said by way of hello.

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