Scott Free by James Patterson & Rob Hart

Author:James Patterson & Rob Hart [Patterson, James & Hart, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B06VV299SK
Publisher: BookShots
Published: 2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Paul Zhou

WITH THE WAY the van was moving, Paul was sure they were on the expressway. Scott had been driving fast for a long time, and Paul could hear the sound of cars whipping past them.

This wasn’t great. He had no idea which way Scott was headed—to Brooklyn or to New Jersey—but figured that either way, this wasn’t going to end well. He might be fleeing the island, and Paul was stuck.

Worse than that, Scott would be very unhappy to find he had a guest along for the ride.

Paul tried to come up with a plan. Scott didn’t look back, not in any of the time Paul was looking, so it seemed Scott had pretty much completely written off the back. There was some space to cover between the two of them, but with the gun possibly out of Scott’s reach, that put Paul at an advantage.

He could dive forward, grab the gun, and stay on the floor. Point the gun up at Scott. Even if the car came to a short stop, he could wedge himself behind the passenger seat so he wouldn’t be thrown through the windshield.

The prospect of grabbing the gun scared Paul. He’d never held one. Never even seen one in real life, outside the occasional gun holstered at the side of a policeman. What if the safety was on? Scott was a killer—he’d know whether he’d left the safety on. He’d know in an instant that Paul had no clue what he was doing.

Or maybe not. Maybe he really wasn’t that smart, which is what everyone had been saying. Maybe Paul just needed the gun in his hand and that would end it.

He breathed deep, in the process inhaling the warm, musty scent of the blanket, which made him think of his son and daughter. This was the blanket they kept in the back of the car for impromptu picnics. Driving past Clove Lakes Park or Silver Lake Park, they would pull it out and sit on the grass with the kids. Sometimes with snacks, sometimes reading books, and sometimes they’d sit there just to sit.

What if Scott was going to their house?

If he was on the expressway, then all he had to do was take it to the Arden Avenue exit, and it wouldn’t be long until they were in his neighborhood. What if Scott was planning to drive up to their door and finish what he had started? After all, he’d had that picture of Jian in his apartment. Why?

He wanted to climb up to his knees and peek out the window, see if he could figure out where they were. What direction they were headed in. And he knew that if Scott went anywhere near the Arden Avenue exit, Paul would get that gun and fire it without a second thought.

He would cross that line if it meant protecting his son.

He was just about to push himself up, try and catch a glimpse of the surroundings, when the car was filled with swinging red lights.

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