Kennedy Stern Christian Suspense Box Set (Books 4-6) by Alana Terry

Author:Alana Terry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian suspense novels, christian suspense series, christian book bundle, christian fiction box set, christian suspense box set, Christian women’s fiction
Publisher: Firstfruits Publishing
Published: 2018-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

“MY NAME IS BRADLEY Strong. I reside at 324 Trenton Street in Detroit, Michigan. For all you law officers listening in, I wouldn’t bother sweeping the place if I were you. Everything’s scrubbed.”

His voice was smooth, confident, as if he’d been born to speak into video cameras at forty thousand feet.

“You might be interested to know that I’m on Flight 219 and have here a hundred and seventeen passengers ...” He glanced down at his feet. “Actually, correct that. I have here a hundred and sixteen passengers and five crew members as my hostages. I’m with my lieutenant, who for the time being shall remain nameless.”

He nodded at Hawaiian Shirt and smirked at the cameras. Kennedy wondered how many of the recordings were streaming to a live audience. How long until the news channels picked up the feed? How long until her parents learned where she was? She wished she had her phone with her, not so she could immortalize General’s morbid oration but so she could call her mom and dad.

She had slumped down in her seat as far as she could go. She didn’t want to see General. Didn’t want to think about the dead man at his feet. Ray wasn’t recording the video either. “Do you have a phone?” she asked him, trying to figure out how to call her parents without having their number memorized.

“I’m not going to raise publicity for terrorists.”

Kennedy wanted to shut her ears. No. He couldn’t use words like terrorist. Terrorists were men from the Middle East who strapped bombs to their chests and hoped to die with their victims. This was different. A skyjacker. A mentally deranged criminal, but one who wanted to stay alive. Which meant he wanted to keep the plane in the air.

Kennedy thought back to all her dad’s stupid crisis training. He hadn’t ever mention skyjackings, but he’d given her advice about other sorts of hostage situations. The first rule he always drilled into her head was that the typical abductor didn’t want to harm his hostages. He needed as much leverage as possible. Well, her dad could spout off rules and generalizations all day long, but that wouldn’t change the fact that a man had been shot in the head no less than twenty feet from where she now cowered in fear.

She shouldn’t even be here. She should be in the back of the plane with Willow. Willow. What if this was it? What if General had a bomb and was planning to bring the whole plane down? What if he was going to shoot hostages one at a time, starting at the back of the plane? Kennedy might never get another chance to talk to Willow again. Never tell her anything about the Lord.

God, I’m so sorry.

What use did her apologies serve? Man is destined to die once. She knew that verse from Hebrews. Destined to die once and after that face judgment. If something happened to Willow, if she died without knowing Jesus because Kennedy had been too uncomfortable to ask the most important question .

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