The Road Home by Patrick E. Craig

Author:Patrick E. Craig
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736951081
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.

Sometime later Jenny felt the car slow down and turn right. She guessed that they were leaving the Interstate, and she wondered if they would stop for a break. She had been in the trunk for a long time and was very uncomfortable. The car stopped and then turned left, and she heard traffic passing under her.

We must be going over an overpass to Moe’s place, wherever that is.

Jenny thought about where she might be. The only area between Ohio and New York that could provide the solitude needed for a hideout was the Pocono Mountains. She had seen where the Poconos were on maps of Pennsylvania when she researched the Pennsylvania Amish, and she knew there were some fairly remote areas up in those hills. She tried to estimate how long they had been driving and decided it must have been at least three hours. It was an eight-hour trip to New York from Apple Creek, and she and Johnny had driven for more than two hours before they were stopped, so now they must be somewhere in eastern Pennsylvania.

The road beneath the car no longer had the smooth feel of the Interstate, and she could feel a few bumps that might be caused by potholes. The car swung through a sharp turn, and she knew they had turned onto a back road off of Highway 80 and headed into a sparsely populated area.

About half an hour later she felt the car turn off the paved road onto dirt or gravel. The road became very bumpy and rutted, and Jenny bounced around roughly in the back. After a few minutes the man driving the car pulled to a stop. Jenny heard the men climb out, and then the trunk opened. One of the gang, a younger man, helped her out and untied her.

Jenny looked around. They were in a clearing deep in the woods. Brush and brambles filled the spaces between the trees. Ahead was a low, ramshackle building with a wooden porch running along the front. A pile of logs and split wood sat by the front door, and smoke rose from a chimney on the shingled roof.

Dusk was coming on, and it had started to rain lightly. A chilly wind whistled through the tops of the big maple and beech trees, a portent of snow. The leaves on the trees had turned red and gold at the approach of winter and were starting to fall off. Under different circumstances the beauty around her would have thrilled Jenny, but now it all seemed dark and dreary.

A fat, balding man with a whiskered face came out on the porch. “Hello, boys. Did you bring me a present?” He leered at Jenny.

The young man stepped protectively in front of Jenny, an act that was not lost on her.

“She’s a little insurance we’re holding onto until Sal collects some money our friend from San Francisco stashed back in Ohio,” Luis said. “As soon as he lets us know he has the cash, we may give her to you as partial payment for letting us stay awhile.

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