Escape, a New Life by David Antocci

Author:David Antocci [Antocci, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Retail, Suspense, Thriller
Amazon: B00DNQWXQM
Publisher: David J Antocci
Published: 2013-06-26T04:00:00+00:00

16

ABBY HAD BEEN STAYING with Robert for the past several days. They stood together on the hillside as he pointed out over the trees. “I will tell you how I always know where they are,” he said. “Late in the afternoon, just as the sun is going down, they light a fire. They almost always do. You have to be watching over the island when they light it.”

“Why is that?”

“Before it gets going, it will be very smoky. Once the fire is going pretty good, there is very little smoke. You watch and see where that smoke comes up through the trees, and that is where they are.” He pointed toward the northeast. “That is where they had been for the last few weeks.” He then pointed toward the beach where Abby had launched the raft, where the sun was starting to dip low in the sky. “That is where they have been for the past few days.”

Abby nodded. “That’s where our camp was set up. Do you think they have been staying there?”

“Why not?” he said. “You had a shelter, food, and wood. You said they were hurt, so they probably did not want to hike back through the trees. That is probably exactly where they are.”

Abby was pacing. Over the past few days, she ate good meals, gained back her strength, and was starting to feel anxious. She was feeling fit and unstoppable. It was time for her to move on, and they both knew it.

“I cannot help you,” he said.

“I’m not asking you to. Just don’t get in my way.”

“I will not stop you either. I will not interfere with the will of another, even if I do not agree with it.”

“That’s all I can ask,” she said.

They stood watching the sky for a few minutes. As the sun got lower, the sky turned brilliant shades of orange, purple and pink near the horizon.

“I should go,” she said. “You said I would have the best view from up at the summit.”

“That you will,” he sighed.

“Thanks for everything.”

“Abby, please be careful out there.”

She studied his face. He was older than she was, probably by about thirty years, in his early fifties. He was in great shape, though. His body rivaled her youth in its appearance, but he wore those years in the wrinkles around his eyes. At this moment, they looked deeper than she had seen them before. He was looking at her with the concern of a father.

“Don’t worry, I will,” she said, standing on her toes and kissing him on the cheek.

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Abby made short work going up the side of the mountain. Dusk was coming, and she did not want to miss the smoke and spend the night sleeping in the open for nothing. She could not help but let her mind wander to Eric, thinking of the last time she had come this way. They had passed right through here together. Now he was gone.

That was the first time Tom and his band of crazies had found them.

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