Convergence by Craig Alanson

Author:Craig Alanson [Alanson, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2022-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

Back at the motel, I sat in the RV for a while, debating whether to pack up and run, or to trust Special Agent Singer. As usual, I had backed into the parking space so I could get away quickly if needed, something that seemed ridiculous in that awkward vehicle. If we did have to run, the first step would be to steal a more practical getaway car. Although, there were two scenarios for us having to get out of Memphis ASAP. The first was if Michele betrayed me, and a SWAT team burst into our rooms in the middle of the night. In that case, leaving immediately in the RV wouldn’t make any difference, every cop within a hundred miles would be looking for that clumsy vehicle. Unless I stole a car now, and we loaded up all our stuff and went, wherever the hell I guessed might be a good direction, we would be screwed. Same deal if Michele decided to arrest me in the morning, even if she offered to be sporting by giving me a head start. Law enforcement in three states would be on the alert for two men, a girl and a dog traveling together. Since none of my companions could drive, we had to stick together. So, everything depended on a career FBI special agent deciding that tangling with actual magic was outside her jurisdiction. I had taken a hell of a risk by leaving the scene with her. I could have run the other way, and let her get shot at. She wasn’t my responsibility.

No, that’s BS. That was never an option, not for me. Hopefully she understood that, and it was a point in my favor.

I also could have tried to run away, instead of getting into her freakin’ car. Why the hell I had done that, I had no idea. Instinct, I guess. When two people are running away from danger, they have an emotional bond. Maybe a very temporary bond, only for that situation. One thing is for sure: if I had been thinking rationally at the time, I would not have gone with her.

Plus, at that point, I could not have run away from a snail, so there’s that.

Anyway, what’s done can’t be changed. Or if it can be changed, that requires magic far beyond my abilities. The truth is, I was so tired of running. Having three companions, who couldn’t survive on their own, only made being a fugitive more difficult. If I was ever going to get the Feds off my back, I needed help from someone on the inside. What Michele could actually do for me, I couldn’t imagine. Maybe give me a heads up if the FBI had a tip about my location. Or, at least help me figure out who was chasing me.

As far as I knew, only Special Agent Singer had connected me to the RV, so I was probably safe at the motel for the night.

Yeah.

I would take my chances, and wait until the morning.

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