I Do Not Trust You_A Novel by Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz

Author:Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz [Burns, Laura J. & Metz, Melinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250052308
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2018-09-10T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

M climbed off the bike and used both hands to comb her fingers through her wind-tangled hair. Don’t think about Liza, she told herself. Don’t think about Dad. Focus on getting out of India.

“They’re going to be checking the airports,” Ash said. His T-shirt was still jammed in his pocket, so he pulled it on. “Maybe we can buy tickets for multiple flights from different airports. That would slow them down. Where are we going, by the way?”

“London,” M told him. “Somewhere in London. We’re going to have to work the rest of the glyphs to figure out the exact place.”

Ash nodded, taking out his cell. “I’ll start booking flights.”

“Wait. I got this.” She called up Joel’s number and typed in a text. She should’ve thought of this earlier. Focus, M, focus, she thought.

“Mike again?” Ash complained. “Does he moonlight as a travel agent?”

At first M hadn’t wanted to tell Ash anything about Mike because she didn’t trust him. But now she kind of enjoyed the little jealous spark he seemed to get whenever the subject came up.

“Mike is multitalented,” she drawled. “But no. I’m texting a guy who pilots a private jet. My dad and I would hitch rides with him sometimes when he had an empty leg.”

Ash raised his eyebrows. “You think this guy just happened to recently drop off clients at Kerala International and also just happens to be flying empty to London for his next pickup?”

M glanced up at him, surprised. She was the one whose family had just been threatened, but he sounded more on edge than she was. “No,” M said. “But Joel knows a ton of pilots. One of them might know somebody who knows somebody who can get us out of here.” She glanced at her cell. “He says he’s on it.” She glanced over at two huge glassed-in tubes that formed the airport terminal. She was thirsty. They’d been running for half the night. “I would kill for an iced latte, or, actually, anything caffeinated. But I guess going in probably isn’t a good idea.”

“Probably not,” Ash agreed. “But I’d almost risk it for a beer.”

“It’s not even six a.m.,” M said.

“And?” Ash said.

“It’s not even six a.m.,” M said.

“You clearly don’t go to the right kind of parties.” Ash grinned tiredly, and again M saw a flash of who he must have been before Horus. When he was just the arty guy who hung out with Baptiste in Paris.

M plopped down next to the motorcycle, and Ash dropped down next to her.

“Bob and Liza. Those people. Those were my guardians, and they’re here. They’re—” She struggled to come up with an appropriate word, then gave up. “Liza wouldn’t even watch The Walking Dead. Too violent, she said. She used to make my lunch sometimes, even though I kept telling her I’d just buy it. And he’d ask about homework.”

Ash rubbed at a streak of dirt on the back of one hand. “Were you … did you feel close to them?”

“No.

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