The Tenth House by Ashley R. Scott

Author:Ashley R. Scott [Scott, Ashley R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ashley R Scott
Published: 2019-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

We walk down East Plaza Street toward the parking garage. People mill about, mostly ignoring us, although a few stop to stare as we swing into the ground floor of the parking garage, skirting the ticket booth and heading for the stairs on the right side of the structure. Keeping any thoughts or conversations to ourselves, we climb the metal stairs in single file.

Aidan pushes the door open but steps back so fast that he bumps into Jocelyn and me. He pulls the door softly closed again.

“What is it?” I lean against the metal wall, catching my breath from the climb and ignoring the light throb in my leg.

Aidan scowls, leaning in and keeping his voice low. “There are cops all around your car. They’re searching it.”

“What?” I make a push for the door, but Aidan stops me.

“They’re Gresham’s men. They’re city police. We can’t go. There are too many of them.” Aidan grabs my hand and heads back to the stairs.

I yank my hand back, and he stops, turning to stare at me. “Now what? It’s too far to walk to my mom’s house. What if we wait them out?”

“We can’t risk them finding us here. My car is just down the street at the Bullion Casino where I left it.” A dark cloud passes over Jocelyn’s face.

“If it’s clear, we’ll take my car.” Jocelyn pushes by us, leading the way down the stairs. Aidan raises his eyebrows at me then falls in behind Jocelyn.

Hanging my shoulders, I follow. “What about my Jeep?”

“We can’t worry about that now,” Aidan whispers.

We reach the bottom, and Jocelyn cracks the door, peeking out. “Another police car is going up.”

She stands there, waiting, her eyes on the street. “It’s clear.”

We walk the block and a half, turning right on North Sierra Street, and head straight for the last place on Earth that any of us want to go. The closer we get to the casino, the thicker the air grows, weighing heavily on my chest. The three of us fall in closer together.

Frowning, Jocelyn looks at me. “Do you feel that?”

I grit my teeth and nod, afraid to be talking.

A young man, wearing the maroon Bullion uniform with “Chris” engraved on a gold nameplate pinned to his chest, stands beside a short podium. He waits to collect money from anyone parking in the garage, nodding at us as we quickly pass by and head straight for the elevator.

Jocelyn pushes the up button rapidly, bouncing as she waits for the elevator. “Come on.”

I glance over at my shoulder to find Chris staring at us and turn back to the elevator as the doors swish open. We rush inside, and Jocelyn jams the button for the fourth floor.

Chris runs toward the elevator.

“Hurry!”

Jocelyn looks up, pounding the button to shut the door. It slides closed just as Chris runs into the outside of the doors with a thud. I breathe a sigh of relief as the elevator heads up, causing a little flop in my stomach.

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