Danger on the Mountain by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason [Eason, Lynette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780373445103
Google: FTGzCnsI6UYC
Amazon: B008EMXWTW
Goodreads: 13706769
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2012-05-12T05:00:00+00:00

TEN

Maggie screamed as the seat belt cut into her right shoulder and jerked her back against the seat. Reese’s truck swerved to the right then back into the lane as he fought for control. “Get your phone and call Eli!”

Maggie bent and grabbed her purse from the floor, slipped her fingers into the side pocket and pulled out her phone. She didn’t know if she’d be able to hear over the pounding of her heart and the squealing tires.

“Here he comes again,” Reese warned, his voice tight, knuckles white on the wheel.

Maggie felt her muscles brace for the next impact and sent up a desperate prayer. Metal crunched metal as she kept a tight grip on the phone. She slammed forward then back, her elbow hitting the door. Pain raced up her arm and she ignored it as Reese jerked the car to the left, pressed the gas pedal and zoomed forward.

Her fingers found the touch pad of the phone and it lit up. “What’s Eli’s number?” she gasped.

He told her and she punched it in then held the phone to her ear. “No, call 911. Eli’s too far away.”

She hung up and hit the three digits that would bring help. She hoped. Her heart beat fast, adrenaline made her fingers tremble.

The car swerved left, then right. She didn’t even want to know where they were on the mountain. She was almost glad for the dark. At least she couldn’t see how far she had to fall if the car shot through the guardrail.

The phone rang. Then cut off. “No cell signal, Reese.”

“That’s why he waited until this moment to attack. I’m an idiot. I should have stuck with the highway.”

A car whizzed by on the left and Reese muttered, “We’ve got to stop this guy or someone’s going to get killed.”

Trembling, she tried the phone again. “911. What’s your emergency?”

“Someone’s trying to run us off the road. We’re on the Blue Ridge Parkway about...”

“A mile from Highway 19!” Reese hollered.

He swerved around the next bend then jerked the wheel to the left to hit the next curve. The car behind them closed the distance and Reese slammed on the brakes as he rounded the curve on two wheels. Maggie squelched a scream and simply held on as she prayed.

Sparks flew from the car behind them as it ran along the guardrail. It fell back a few feet and Reese raced to make the turn onto the highway.

“Look!” She gestured to the blue lights heading their way.

“Thank God.”

Reese approached the intersection of Highway 19 and slowed. Maggie kept an eye on the car behind them. It raced up and Reese jerked to the left at the last minute into the oncoming-traffic lane.

Their attacker roared past and squealed around the corner onto Highway 19, barely missing an oncoming car. Horns blared and the Bryson City police cruiser took up the chase.

Reese braked to a stop on the side of the road. Maggie leaned her head against the window and closed her eyes, offering a hearty thank-you prayer that they were still alive.

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