The Mexico Run Jailbreak by Lionel White

Author:Lionel White [White, Lionel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Thriller & Suspense, Hard-Boiled
ISBN: 9781951473860
Publisher: Stark House Press
Published: 2022-10-04T11:00:00+00:00

16

It had been a long day and a longer night. I could have slept for ten hours, and probably would have, had I not been awakened before nine o’clock the following morning by the ringing of the telephone in my room.

Carlos Santiago didn’t bother to give his name, but came directly to the point.

“I have been in touch with our friend in Acapulco,” he said. “I would like to see you immediately.”

This time he requested that I come to his room, and I met him there some forty minutes later.

“You’ve thought over our conversation of last night?” he asked, after I had entered the room and he had closed the door behind him.

“I’ve thought it over,” I said. “I still don’t like your plan, but if there is no other way of doing it, I will be forced to go along.”

“An excellent decision, Mr. Johns,” he said. “And a very wise one on your part. Our friend in Acapulco was quite unhappy when I talked with him.”

“He will have nothing to be unhappy about,” I said shortly.

“In that case, we will go over the details. We haven’t got too much time. I will want you to leave here at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon. You will cross the border at Mexicali sometime shortly after dark.”

I looked up, startled.

“Mexicali? Why not Tijuana?”

“Tijuana is always a dangerous place,” he said. “And furthermore, Mexicali fits into our plans.”

He walked over to a table on which he had spread a large-scale map. It covered the area of northern Baja California and Southern California proper.

He took a pencil from his pocket and pointed to a spot on the map in California in the Vallecito Mountains, just off State Route S2.

“There is a small desert inn at this location,” he said. “Now follow me. When you cross at Mexicali you drive north to Calexico, where you will pick up Route 98 going west. You will follow that Route 98 west to the point where it intercepts Route 8. You will cross Route 8, pass through the town of Ocotillo, and continue north on State Route S2 for exactly thirty-eight miles. You will see a small dirt road on the right-hand side opposite the Anza Borrego Desert State Park.

“A mile and a half in on this road and you arrive at the Rancho Grande Inn. You will arrange with the two girls who are driving the camper to meet at this inn, explaining to them that you have phoned ahead for reservations for the night.”

“And when do I phone ahead for these reservations?”

“You don’t. You will be expected. It is a small, secluded, semiprivate lodge, and your party will be the only one which will be there tomorrow night.”

“And then what happens?”

“Your companions will retire to the room which has been reserved for them, to wash up before dinner. You will go to a separate room. After a short interval you will join your friends and have dinner. After you have eaten, you must see to it that the young ladies retire for the night.

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