Smoked Out (David Wolf Book 6) by Carson Jeff

Author:Carson, Jeff [Carson, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Cross Atlantic Publishing
Published: 2015-03-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Wolf sat perfectly still, concentrating on inhaling deep.

“The guy’s still locked in the storage unit. No phone. Out cold.”

Wolf ignored her.

“Wolf. We have to move. Every second we waste in this parking lot means the FBI and cops are closer on our tails.” Her calm tone did nothing to calm Wolf’s thoughts.

Wolf picked up the phone and pushed the button again. Nothing had changed: the phone was still on. The battery was still charged. There was still cell coverage. Still no call.

“Okay. Never mind. We’ll wait.” Luke sat frozen in the driver’s seat, her eyes wide and gentle. Impatient and yet with all the patience in the world.

She was so devoted to seeing Wolf through this, even if it meant career suicide. Even though the last two days for Wolf had been a half-unconscious blur of action, he recognized what she was doing.

When Luke and Wolf had dated for that brief period, Jack used to stutter and trip on his words in her presence. She was that kind of beautiful to his son. And when she spoke Jack used to give her all his attention, as if terrified he might miss a word coming out of her lips. He used to over-laugh at her jokes. Unconsciously follow her from room to room.

Wolf smiled briefly at the memory, then thought of Jack’s smile. His forest green eyes. The pain on his face the last time they’d spoken by the river.

He lifted the phone again.

At the same instant the phone vibrated and started ringing. He pressed the button and brought the phone to his ear. “Yeah?”

“Got him. I’ll take care of everything. Just get here safe and keep me posted.”

Wolf hung up and leaned back. The tension flowed down his legs and out his feet, leaving his body weak.

“Are we good?” Luke asked.

Wolf nodded.

The truck fired up and she reversed with squealing tires.

Luke pulled forward and immediately slammed the brakes. “Crap.”

Wolf saw why she’d stopped. Outside the parking lot there was a line of traffic dribbling forward on the northbound lanes of the highway. Four police cruisers with flashing lights were checking vehicles as they passed at a snail’s crawl.

As if on cue, a black helicopter sped by overhead going south.

Luke let off the brake and crept forward. “We’re screwed.”

Wolf pointed. “Go out the north exit of the parking lot to the other strip mall across the street.”

“Yes.” Luke accelerated, narrowly missing an old man stepping out of the grocery store.

“Without killing anyone.”

“No promises.” Her face was pressed against the windshield. “Idiots, they left a bypass route wide open. We’re going to make it.”

And they did. In a matter of minutes they’d passed the roadblock and were on their way north on the highway.

A half-mile later they took a right on the county road they came in on and ten minutes after that the truck hummed over gravel.

Luke shoved another chicken drumstick in his face and he waved it away. “I’m all right.”

“You have to have more food. I’m not going to carry you around for the rest of the day.

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