Out of Sight by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James and DuBois, Brendan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473564282
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2019-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 51

The little mantra of We’re out of time, we’re out of time, is marching through my mind, but then it stops as I see what’s just happened. I’m hunkered down near a low and wide bush at the rear yard of the target house, binoculars in hand, gathering intelligence, and then there’s a little roar of an engine, and the big Ford pickup with the extended cab pulls out and goes down Linden Street, connecting with North School Road, and then it’s gone. I spot one bulky guy behind the steering wheel.

Well.

I’m in a dry field of low grass and scrub brush, with some trees scattered here and there. It’s good cover, about one of the few breaks that I’ve gotten on this heartrending mission to Texas. There’s a soft whir of insects flying around me, and I do my best to ignore them.

Think, intelligence officer, think.

The home is one story, like most of the homes scattered up and down the street. Probably a small living room right off the front door. There are propane tanks facing me, meaning the kitchen is right there, to the right of the living room. Bathroom, not more than two bedrooms. Even though I’ve never been in that house, I can visualize the floor plan.

How many people can you fit in a house like that?

Person being held, that I need to steal away. That’s one.

Three, maybe four guards, but four is pushing it. That’d be five people in that small house. Where would you put all of them? And five people eat a lot. I can’t see these guys trucking to the local supermarket every other day to stock up. Too many eyes and ears in this small town.

So they’re hunkering down.

Waiting.

Not for me, I hope, but waiting for somebody else.

All right.

Let’s call it four guys in that house, one being the guy I need to grab.

That leaves three armed guards, watching over things.

And one has just left.

The firepower in that house has just decreased by 33 percent.

The guy that’s gone … maybe he’s out for a grocery run, or a beer run, or maybe he’s off to church. But I don’t know how much longer he’s going to be gone.

Time to move.

I slip the small binoculars into my coat pocket, take out my SIG Sauer 9mm, make sure there’s a round in the chamber, and off I go.

I have no illusions.

There are armed men in that house, and there will be shooting.

But I have surprise on my side, and one other thing.

Almost all armed men who do bad things can never see a woman as a possible threat. It’s just not in their DNA or in the way they think or how they’ve learned.

And I’m about ninety seconds away from giving them one hell of a lesson otherwise.

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