Lifeline by Susan X. Meagher

Author:Susan X. Meagher
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: romance, Adult, lesbian, Fiction
ISBN: 9780983275824
Publisher: Brisk Press
Published: 2012-02-06T01:00:00+00:00

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“Hey, Con?” Ryan said when her brother picked up the phone.

“Yeah?” he asked sleepily. In just a moment he was wide awake, asking, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. We just decided we have to get out of here. The walls are closing in on me, bro,” she said with a shaky voice.

“I can lend you a mask,” he said, clearly trying to be helpful. Maeve had entertained the young women earlier in the evening with her story of Conor’s exploits with the press. Always creative, he had paid a visit to a costume shop and purchased several rubber masks of former presidents, bloody ghouls and even a Monica Lewinski mask. Maeve claimed that seeing the huge man walk to his truck wearing that mask with a big cigar stuck in his mouth was the funniest thing she’d ever seen in her life.

“No, we thought we’d go down to Pebble Beach. We just have one problem. We’d really like to take Jamie’s dad’s BMW, but it’s in Berkeley. Interested in a reconnaissance mission?”

“Sure,” he said, sounding brighter by the minute. “Now?”

“Yeah, if you don’t mind. Are you being followed?”

“No. They perk up when I leave, but they don’t even take my picture any longer. Want me to swing by and pick you up?”

“No, meet me at 24th and Noe. Can you leave soon?”

“Yep. Gimme five.”

A few minutes later the siblings were headed to Berkeley. Ryan had prevailed upon her partner to stay home, and after a half-hearted argument, the exhausted woman agreed. Conor hatched the plan on the way over. “It’s late enough that they’re gonna be inattentive,” he said. “Drop me off a block away. I’ll just stroll down the street, and make a run for the car. I should be able to evade them, since I assume I’ll catch them snoozing.”

“What if they catch you?” Ryan asked. “I don’t want you to do anything too risky.”

“If they catch me, they catch me. It’s still worth a try.”

“Okay,” Ryan said. “Now remember to leave it by Mrs. O’Leary’s house on Jersey by Church. Just leave the keys under the mat.”

“Will do.”

“Well, let’s give it a go. If it doesn’t work, we’ll just rent a car.”

“Oh, it’ll work,” he said, his blue eyes flashing with excitement.

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