Unintended Target (Unintended Series Book 1) by D.L. Wood

Author:D.L. Wood [Wood, D.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2015-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-THREE

Chloe sat quietly, straining to understand who was on the phone as Jack quickly recounted the critical aspects of their situation for the caller.

“. . . All that’s left is the forest across . . .” He stopped mid-sentence to listen. “The Jeep’s over there, but if they see us, we’ll never get to it in time . . . Yeah, okay. . . . No, two, three minutes, tops. They’ll find us eventually . . . How’s he going to . . . okay. Hold on.”

Jack met Chloe’s gaze, his eyes alight. “Here, hold this,” he said, handing her the cell, then ripping a branch from the bush. “I’ll explain everything later, but right now, I just need you to trust me. Okay?”

She nodded. Twisting around, he shoved the branch onto the wall ledge, easing it out so it lay across the top and would be noticeable from the other side. He dropped back into a squat and pressed against the plaster.

“In a couple of minutes a car’s gonna pull up right here,” he told her, taking the phone again. “We’ve got to hop over the wall and get in. Fast. Okay?”

She nodded her understanding.

He put the cell up to his ear again. “Okay, it’s done . . . All right, just let me know.”

He turned to Chloe. “He’s going to tell me when,” he said, and grabbed her hand. “Just go when I go, got it?”

She nodded, her heart racing even faster than before. His hand was steady, but perspiring, suggesting he was nervous, which made her even more nervous. The seconds seem to drag, and she tried to peer through the thick bushes for any sign of Sampson. A couple of times they heard what might’ve been aggravated voices barking in the distance, but no one had come closer than that.

And then Jack pressed the cell tighter against his ear, his stare still focused on Chloe, as if trying to channel confidence into her. “Okay . . . got it,” he told the caller.

“He’s through. Almost here,” Jack said, apparently relaying whatever the caller was telling him. He rose up as high as he could without putting his head above the wall ledge. She followed him. She heard the sound of a car engine rolling toward them, growing steadily louder.

“And three, two, . . . now!” He pulled her up and pushed her ungracefully onto the ledge, the thick bushes tearing into them as he hoisted himself after her, then rolled off. She was already at the rear door of the grey sedan, yanking it open and diving inside as the car started to roll.

“Go! Go! Go!” Jack yelled as he dove in behind her and slammed the door shut.

Tires squealed as the driver pulled wide and spun into a one-eighty, gunning it back towards the roadblock he’d just come through.

The officer manning the roadblock was yelling into his radio and diving behind the wheel of his patrol car, which was straddled across both lanes of traffic.

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