Wade by Jennifer Blake

Author:Jennifer Blake [Blake, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2002-01-23T13:00:00+00:00

“Kemal may have had the right idea, after all.”

That disgusted comment came from Wade after an hour and a half of trying to thumb a ride. Chloe sat on a rock beside the road with her elbow on her knee and her chin resting on the heel of her hand. She was tired and hungry, but most of all she was stifling under the burqa she’d donned again. She also felt extremely conspicuous sitting out in the open when Ahmad or someone who knew him could be in any of the trucks and cars that passed at lengthy intervals. It was possible that he was ahead of them, since he could not know that they had not left Ajzukabad immediately, but there was no guarantee of it.

She worried about Wade, too. He still looked indefinably American despite the turban bartered from their visitors of the night before in exchange for the pitiful gear that they’d rescued from the station wagon.

She cast a glance at that failed source of transport. It was completely intact, not that she was surprised. They should have slept in it. It would’ve been a lot more comfortable than a grimy blanket on rocky ground or huddling under the thin cover of her burqa to keep warm. Not that she’d have rested any better. Her thoughts and fears had as much to do with keeping her awake as any discomfort.

Wade hadn’t slept at all. His night had been spent prowling around the camp, watching from different vantage pints. The two kids had fallen asleep on the mat Chloe had laid out for him, and he’d refused to let them be moved. Offering to share hers had seemed necessary, in spite of their guests and an ingrained sense of the forbidden. Wade needed to conserve his strength, she thought. Going without both food and sleep was hardly a recommendation for recovery from a wound, and they still had a long journey in front of them. But he had cut her off, refusing before she had time for much more than a gesture.

As she lay staring up at the cold glitter of the stars above her solitary pallet, Chloe had wondered which of the several possible reasons for vetoing it had moved him, and if he realized she had shared his bed the night before. And she wasn’t sure, then or now, whether she was glad or sorry that she had been left alone.

The blast of a horn brought her head around. She sprang to her feet as she saw Wade standing in the middle of the roadway with a panel truck bearing down on him at terrific speed. He held up one hand, palm turned out. As the truck swerved toward the other lane, he sidestepped. The truck began to brake, skidding with an ear-splitting squeal of tires.

“Come on!” Wade called.

Chloe glanced back over her shoulder toward where their guests were hidden among the cedars. The two children had still slept when she and Wade made their way down to the highway.

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