Never Forget by Richard Davis & Richard Davis

Author:Richard Davis & Richard Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Books
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Sunday, December 12, 11:15 a.m. – 1584 Miramontes Street, Half Moon Bay, California.

We rolled into Half Moon Bay at just gone 11:15. And as we navigated the incongruously idyllic town, we sweated in silence: the unseasonable weather, combined with the enormous tension, generated a near-unbearable heat.

In no time, I hit Miramontes Street, and started down the 700 yard isolated stretch towards Yuelin’s house at five mph, watching for signs of life among the quiet greenery. Then, 200 yards along, I came to a pause.

It was time to start looking the part. I’d already been clutching the pump the entire journey for Minxin’s benefit: he had to believe the act, too. But now I also had to put the goods on display; so I carefully undid my shirt with my spare hand.

Minxin gasped as he caught sight of my chest in the rear-view mirror.

‘Holy God,’ he said.

I made no reply. Instead, I presented my free palm to Ellen. I wanted her walkie-talkie. Needed to say one last comment to Vann, and didn’t want to switch my talkie off Yuelin’s frequency. Ellen handed it over.

I pressed the button. ‘Vann, I’m going in. If something happens, let me know immediately.’

A second later: ‘I will. Then I’ll take action – even if it means getting arrested.’

‘Okay, Vann. And if you’re listening, Scott: hold tight.’

I handed the walkie-talkie back. Then I hustled the car forward another 300 yards – at which point, I hit the kink in the road.

Show-time.

Giddy with adrenaline, I withdrew my own walkie-talkie, and pressed.

‘Yuelin. I’m at the bend in the road just before your house – 200 yards away. I’m with Ellen and Minxin: she’s got a gun to Minxin’s head. But here’s the deal: I’m wearing thirty pounds of C4 plastic explosives and there’s a pump in my left-hand which, if released, activates the explosives. If you’re unsure, thirty pounds of C4 is enough to obliterate everything in a quarter mile radius.

‘Now, I’ve got a man at the Consulate, and in radio contact. If he gets even a whiff of a nearby barbeque, then every last one of us will be singing with the angels. Let me be clear: all I have to live for are the kids in that Consulate. And don’t think I won’t do it, because I’m at the end of my fucking tether.’

I let off, and started crawling round the corner. Didn’t want to give her time to think.

I’d let desperation enter my voice. She had to believe I was ready to gamble everything.

But of course, the tension in my voice was real. I was entering the dragon’s den with nothing but thirty pounds of soap between me and a bullet in the head…

As we turned the corner, and the house came into view – a simple, two-story house, with two men outside the frontdoor, though not obviously armed – Yuelin replied:

‘Okay, come inside, meet me upstairs – room straight ahead.’

She was trying to sound calm. But for the first time, I heard fear in her voice.

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