Hold Me by Betsy Horvath

Author:Betsy Horvath
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2011-04-28T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

“I can probably figure out how to make the machine gun work now if you want me to,” Katie told Luc. She tightened her death grip on the door handle when he swung the Nova onto a small country road. Three black sedans followed a minute or two later. Why was it always black sedans, she wondered. Why not blue Mini-Coopers? Or silver SUVs? The Silvanos must be traditionalists.

“Should I shoot at something?” she asked.

“Thanks for the offer, but no. The farmers in the area would probably like to keep their cows alive.”

“Ha, ha. Very funny. I’m just trying to help.”

Luc glanced in the rearview mirror and then over at her. “With the way you handle a gun, I’m not sure it’s safe to even have you in the same car with one.”

Katie gasped at the unfairness of that. “Hey! I told you I’d never shot one before.”

“I know, I know.” He looked over at her again briefly and scowled. “But why in hell did you have to take out those stained glass windows? Do you have any clue how much they’re going to cost to replace?”

“No.” She squirmed. “You noticed that, huh?” Some gunshots whizzed by, but the road was bumpy and the Nova was sending up great clouds of dust, which helped to obscure them from view.

“The gaping holes in the front of the building were kind of hard to miss.” He made a sharp turn, and the tires spun. “If you keep your head down, do you think you can you see if Spot’s okay?”

“I’ll try.” The Nova didn’t have a big opening between the seats for a center console or arm rest or anything fancy like that, but there was a split in the middle so they could recline separately. With a little maneuvering Katie was able to slide her arm through that. She ran her hand over as much of Spot as she could reach from that awkward angle, then turned to face the front again.

“There’s some blood, but I can’t tell where it’s coming from,” she told Luc. “Why isn’t she waking up?”

“I don’t know.” He sounded worried. “But I don’t have time to think about it until I lose these guys.” He made another turn and sped down an even smaller dirt road that trickled haphazardly between two cornfields. In fact, Katie didn’t think it was a road at all. She suspected it was just a lane the farmer used to move his equipment around.

She glanced back through the rear window and ducked when more shots were fired. “We’re not going to get away this time, are we?”

“Oh, hell, sure we will.” Luc’s voice sounded strained, but almost cheerful. “Here, hold the wheel for a second.”

“What?”

Instinctively, Katie grabbed the steering wheel when Luc let go. He reached over and got the machine gun, opened his window, twisted around, and shot back at the sedans.

“What are you doing?” she shouted at him as she struggled to control the car.

“What do you think I’m

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