No Going Back by Matt Hilton

Author:Matt Hilton [Hilton, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, General, Suspense
ISBN: 9781444712728
Google: v_iuDlBjK_cC
Amazon: B00713DN9O
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2012-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

22

Fortune shone on Jay in a totally unexpected fashion. The cellphone was proving wholly unpredictable, and when she’d tried to patch through to the local police the line had been so weak that she couldn’t hear what the dispatcher was saying and suspected that her words were equally garbled. Frustrated, she’d pulled in by the side of the road, but when that had failed to make any difference she chanced calling Hunter’s friend instead. She had no luck, but had the idea to write a text message instead. An old hand at SMS messaging, she filled a page with a brief description of what had occurred and a description of the Logan ranch’s location in no time. She pressed the send button and it failed, but then set it to retry. The cell would automatically resend the message and she didn’t have to concern herself with it while she drove nearer to Holbrook. Throwing the Yukon into drive, she was pulling back on to the highway when she saw a vehicle approaching. Her first fear was that it was the old pick-up truck, but in the next instant she yelped in joy as the gumball light rack on the roof of the vehicle became visible. She brought the Yukon to a halt and got out, running towards the police cruiser waving both arms over her head.

The police cruiser coasted to a stop a hundred yards from her position. Jay understood how crazy she must look and couldn’t blame the officers for approaching her cautiously, but it didn’t stop her. Both front doors opened and an officer exited each side of the vehicle, both resting their hands on the butts of their sidearms.

‘Help me!’ Jay yelled. ‘Help me for God’s sake!’

‘Ma’am, stand still and place your hands on top of your head.’

Jay couldn’t believe that they thought her a threat and continued towards them. The taller, younger of the two officers drew his sidearm. The other, a balding man whose gut shadowed his belt buckle, merely dug his thumbs into his gun belt. The two officers shared a measured glance. Then the younger repeated his command. ‘Stand still. Place both hands on your head. I will come to you.’

Jay stumbled to a halt. Fifty yards still separated them. ‘I need your help. My friend has been kidnapped.’

‘Just take it easy, ma’am, and we’ll have things sorted in no time.’

The younger officer continued to approach her, alert for any sudden movement. He also checked the desert on each side, and Jay wondered why the hell he’d do that. What did he think: that she had some friends hiding by the roadside ready to jump out on him? Who in their right mind was going to try to hijack a cop car? ‘My friend and another girl have been kidnapped! You have to do something.’

‘Everything’s under control, ma’am, now take it easy.’ The young cop turned to call back to his colleague, but kept one eye on Jay. ‘You hear what she said, Sarge? Maybe you’d best call it in.

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