Kitty Hawk by Roland Smith

Author:Roland Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781585366057
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Old Dog, New Tricks

“Cheeseburger, huh?” Angela said as we stepped outside.

“More like a people burger. And we need to get out of here before the restaurant closes.”

The coach was easy to spot in the windblown parking lot. It hadn’t moved. The windows were still dark.

“What’s your dad doing here?”

“He followed us from D.C. He’s on his way to Florida. Let’s head over to the coach.” I stepped off the curb.

“Wait.”

I stopped. “What?”

“Boone said to wait here for him.”

“My dad’s going to ask them about the bogus accident and the phantom drivers. When he finds out that the accident never happened, he’s going to come looking for me. And he’ll have help. By now every scrub in the hospital thinks they’re Speed’s best friend. It won’t take them long to find me standing out here in the open. We can meet him at the coa—”

A late-model Audi sedan pulled up. Black. Wet. Croc was in the passenger seat, staring out the window with his tongue hanging out.

“Shotgun,” I said.

“The front seat is already taken,” Angela said.

“Doesn’t apply to dogs.”

“Whatever,” Angela said, tossing her pack into the backseat.

I opened the front door and told Croc to get into the back. He gave me a dirty look, but squeezed through the seats and joined Angela. Boone peeled out before I got my seat belt on. Bare wires dangled from the steering column. I guess all spies know how to hot-wire cars. For them the world was one huge, used car lot.

“What’s your dad’s story?” Boone asked.

I told him what I knew, or at least what Dad had told me about why he happened to be on I-95.

“Interesting,” Boone said.

“My dad’s not fond of cops, but I think he’ll call them when he finds out we aren’t there.”

“It’s a big hospital,” Boone said. “It will take him a while to figure out we’ve flown the coop.”

“I’m more worried about him calling your mom,” Angela said. “If my dad and she think we’re in trouble, they’ll call the cops.”

“I don’t think he has Mom’s new cell phone number,” I said. “And even if he did, I don’t think she’d take his call.”

“It’s covered,” Boone said. “Marie and Art are screening all of their calls. Incoming and outgoing.”

Marie and Art were part of the SOS team. They were posing as personal assistants to Mom and Roger.

“You’re tapping their phones?” I asked, surprised. But I guess I should have known.

“Isn’t that illegal?” Angela asked.

“Yup,” Boone admitted. “Legality has never been our strong suit. And that’s not the only fail-safe we have in regard to Speed. I disabled his Hummer. He won’t be driving it anytime soon. And Felix is back on the road. He’s going to stop at the hospital and pick up the coach. When he’s there, he’ll make sure your dad stays out of the picture.”

“What do you mean by ‘out of the picture’?” This had frightening implications, especially with Felix doing the keeping him out of the picture. My dad and I had our little problems, but I didn’t want him permanently out of the picture.

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