Reprisal!- The Eagle's Challenge by Cliff Roberts

Author:Cliff Roberts
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dusty Saddle Publishing
Published: 2016-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Ron took the boat out over a mile and killed the engine. Then he, Tom and Alex did their best to help Pam and Mike dress their wounds using the first aid kit from the boat, which Ron was surprised to find was quite well stocked with bandages and painkillers. Once the two of them had been patched up, Tom looked at Ron and asked a very simple question.

“Think it’s safe to go back to our villa?”

“I don’t think Garza knows where we’re staying, but who knows?” Ron replied.

“Well, we can’t exactly hop a plane tonight in our condition,” Mike pointed out.

“Yeah, I’d be willing to bet that the Costa Ricans will have a few questions they’ll want answered if we even try to go to the hospital for treatment,” Pam added.

“Okay, so we’ll need another plan. We can come up with one,” Ron stated confidently.

“Well, we had better think of it fast, before Fast Eddie heads down to the local marina and rents a boat to come looking for us,” Tom added. Everyone understood then, if they didn’t already, the clock was running.

“I think we should be able to go back to the villa as long as we avoid being seen,” Ron offered.

“Yeah, but how do we get the boat to shore without Garza’s men finding it and us?” Alex asked.

“I’m thinking. I’m thinking!” Ron barked.

“Why not take the boat to a marina down the coast and then drive back?’ Mike asked.

“How do we know we can rent a car—or better yet, a van—to transport everyone back to the villa?” Ron asked Mike with a sarcastic grin on his face, which drew a vulgar slur from Mike.

“We don’t need to rent a vehicle. We use ours!” Pam interrupted the guys’ bickering. “We drop off Alex or Tom and have them go and get the van we already have and then drive down and get us.”

“That might work, but where do we drop off Alex?” Ron asked.

“You don’t have to drop me off. Just get me closer to shore, and I can swim in. Get me about a hundred yards from shore, and I’ll swim in from there. If you drop me by the eighteenth hole at Garza’s golf club, I can walk to the villa. It’s only two or three miles. Then I’ll meet you down at the marina in Caldera.” Alex explained.

“That sounds like a plan,” Ron agreed.

“Yeah, a great plan,” Tom sarcastically noted. “We better get going on it. We can’t sit out here the rest of our lives,” he added as he stared into the darkness around them.

It took a little over an hour for Ron to bring the boat at a speed barely over idle in fairly close to the eighteenth hole at the golf club, allowing Alex to slip over the side and make his way to shore. Ron and the rest of the team floated away from the golf course for a half-hour and then started the engines, speeding off towards the town of Caldera down the coast.

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