Jet - Sanctuary by Russell Blake

Author:Russell Blake [Blake, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, General, Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9781502887658
Google: w4jHrQEACAAJ
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-11-06T11:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

San Felipe, Chile

The winding road down the mountain seemed to take forever to navigate in the Jeep. Jet kept the SAF submachine gun in her lap the entire time, wary of their escape having been too easy. She busied herself by listening to the chatter on the handheld radio clamped to the dash in a metal holder, and almost jumped out of her seat when a deep voice came on the air and reported that the captives were on their way to the provisional headquarters.

Jet turned to Alejandro. “You heard that. Captives. That has to be Matt and Hannah.”

“Probably, and there’s a slim possibility that it also means Rodrigo, but there’s not much we can do right now. I have contacts in the military I can talk to once we’re safe, but we’re not there yet.”

“That’s bullshit. Of course there’s something we can do. We just escaped from a mine that should have been a death trap. Don’t talk to me about not being able to do anything.”

“Look, even a temporary army headquarters is going to be swarming with soldiers. We’re talking serious fortification. There’s no way we’d be able to get them out in broad daylight. You’d be dead before you got out of the car.”

“I have to try,” she countered. “That’s my daughter we’re talking about.”

“I know. But you have to do more than try. You have to succeed. Which means you’ll need more than a gun and guts. You will need a plan and probably a lot of help. So calm down, let’s deal with our present circumstance, and then we’ll see what can be done. Nobody’s going to be helped by you going off half-cocked.”

Jet fumed in silence, but grudgingly conceded to herself that Alejandro made sense. While her instinct was to go in with guns blazing, it would do Hannah no good to have her mommy killed while trying to rescue her.

Once they rolled into town, Alejandro’s posture changed and he visibly relaxed, but he was still detached and quiet, no doubt thinking through his next moves and the likelihood that his brother had turned traitor. Part of her sympathized with his predicament, but a larger part refused to get more involved than she already was.

“Where’s this safe house?” she asked.

“On the west side of town. In a quiet residential neighborhood.”

“How do you intend to get in?”

“I know the combination. We have a realtor’s lock on the back door with a key inside.”

“Do you control San Felipe, or do the Verdugos?”

“We do. Or rather, I would have said that we did until yesterday. After the hotel shootout, I’m not taking anything for granted.”

“Can’t you just make a call and get a dozen armed men to appear by magic?”

“Under normal circumstances I’d say sure, but…” He sighed. “I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but Rodrigo was in charge of this area, along with Los Andes, while I spent much of my time in Santiago. If you’re right – and I’m not saying you

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