Have Gun We'll Travel by Lori L. Lake

Author:Lori L. Lake [Lake, Lori L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781932300338
Publisher: Quest Books
Published: 2005-01-31T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-Three

Outside Buyck, Minnesota

Sunday, October 17, 3:30 p.m.

CRYSTAL REVVED THE Jeep’s engine and inched forward.

She and Shayna sat impatiently, waiting behind a logging truck

that was loaded down with giant tree trunks chained to the

flatbed. Shayna reached over and grasped Crystal’s arm. Her

hand was warm and moist. “I can’t believe this damn phone still

won’t get a signal. Why did we bother with it? I’d like to throw it

out the window.”

“No, don’t do that,” Crystal said. “Just wait. We must be

almost to the town.”

“What the hell is with this traffic jam anyway? We’re in the

flippin’ wilderness! I’m getting out to look.” Before Crystal

could object, Shayna was out of the car on the side of the road.

She shielded her eyes with her hand and gasped.

Crystal leaned to the right and ducked down, trying to see

out the open passenger door. “What?”

“We are near the town, I think. It’s a roadblock up ahead!”

“Hallelujah! Get in.” She put the car in gear, nosed it to the

right shoulder next to the logging truck, and sped past the line of

waiting vehicles. One driver honked, then a series of others.

“The cops here won’t like this, Shayna. Get your hands up on the

dash where they can see ’em.”

Shayna did as she was told, and Crystal was glad she had

because as she steered the car along the shoulder, suddenly she

saw men in black uniforms moving and running. Red and blue

lights flashed. She heard the bullhorn: “Stop the car! Stop or we

open fire.”

Crystal slammed on the brakes and hit the automatic power

window button. She put her hands on top of the steering wheel

and waited for further instructions. “Just sit tight until they tell

us to get out, mi amada. And then do it slowly. No sudden

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movements. They might manhandle us a bit. They’ll be nervous

at first. Be patient, okay?” Shayna nodded.

In seconds the car was surrounded, and Crystal found

herself looking up the barrel of a Colt AR-15. She stayed very

still. When one of them shouted at her to get out, she calmly

said, “Lopez. St. Paul Police Department. Badge number 433.

We’re both getting out now, and we’re not carrying.”

She reached down slowly and pulled on the handle, opened

the door and shoved it wide. Keeping her hands in plain sight,

she stepped out, repeated what she’d said before and added,

“My companion is a civilian, and we need help immediately.”

One of the men came forward while others kept their rifles

trained on Shayna and Crystal. Two others slipped cautiously

over to the Jeep to look in the windows.

The leader’s name badge read WERTEL, and his insignia

indicated that he was a Buyck city patrolman. “What the hell is

going on, lady? We could’ve shot you. Why not wait in line with

everyone else?”

Crystal let her arms down slowly but still kept her hands

out, palms up. “At approximately 0700, while camping south of

Echo Lake, three friends and I were accosted by two escaped

convicts. Three of us were tied up, our gear was stolen, and

Officer Jaylynn Savage, St. Paul Police Department, was

kidnapped.”

By this point, the officers lowered their weapons, and Wertel

said, “That’s impossible.

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