No Tomorrow by Tom Wood

Author:Tom Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 42

The car stopped a few minutes later and Gisele was opening the door before he had finished applying the hand brake.

“I’m leaving the engine running,” he told her. “Be as fast as you can. If you hear a horn, I want you back here fast. Understand?”

She nodded without looking at him. “I’ve got it.”

The garage forecourt was empty of other cars. He’d parked close to the entrance of the store and she hurried the short distance to the doors, pushing one open with a shoulder and stepping into the warmth. The bright fluorescent lights made her squint after so long in the car. She searched with her eyes for the sign to the bathroom. A small sign was affixed to the wall above a door near the counter.

“You have to buy something,” the young man said from behind a till.

“I just want to splash some water on my face. I’ll be quick. Please.”

He was shaking his head before she’d finished talking. “You have to buy something.”

Gisele sighed and fished around in her pockets and collected some coins in a palm. She turned over her hand to set them down on the counter and headed for the bathroom.

“What are you buying?” the man asked.

She pushed open the door. “Anything. It doesn’t matter. You pick.”

Inside, she engaged the lock and leaned back against it. She took big, urgent gulps of air, then remembered what her companion had said and slowed her breathing and felt calmer. She didn’t need to use the toilet. She didn’t want to splash water on her face. She didn’t know what to think or do. She figured she had about five minutes before he would come looking for her. Gisele studied her reflection in the small mirror mounted above a sink stained with lime scale. The harsh light wasn’t doing her skin any favors. She was always struggling with her complexion, but now her makeup was smudged and her mascara had run. She was pale and drawn and her eyes were red and puffy. Her hair was a mess. Not that any of it mattered now.

She took her phone from her coat pocket. Gisele thumbed the screen and tapped in her code to unlock it. There were numerous texts and messages and updates and notifications that competed for her attention but she ignored them all and tapped the icon to make a call. Then she tapped 999.

Her thumb hovered over the dial icon.

We can’t go to the police, he’d said. He would say that. He’d killed at least two men, torturing one of them. Whoever was after her, he was just as bad as they were. She didn’t know who he was. She didn’t even know his name. He’d rescued her, but from whom? For all she knew, the men chasing her might be the good guys. Her companion certainly wasn’t. The police hadn’t been much help before, but she understood why. Nothing had actually happened to her. No crime had been committed. But they would help her now that people were dead.

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