Escape Room by Brian Ullmann

Author:Brian Ullmann [Ullmann, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781708903701
Published: 2019-11-25T22:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

Once they were on the ground, they moved with the swell of passengers through the international arrivals terminal. Chance’s back was taut with tension, and judging by the pinched looks on the others, Tahoe, Wolfie and Kate were feeling anxious, too. Their ruse with the passports had surely been discovered by now. TSA agents watched them as they passed, their gazes thick with accusation. The hordes of travelers afforded some sense of anonymity, but Chance still felt conspicuous, like a giant flashing red arrow was floating over their heads. Here we are! Over here!

Heads down, they allowed themselves to be carried along with the crowd to baggage claim. There they followed a parade of wheeled duffels and baggage carts out to the curb, to the taxi line, and into a yellow cab with a driver that smelled worse than they did.

“Penn Station,” Chance told the driver.

Pennsylvania Station is one of the busiest train stations in the world. Twenty-one tracks, seven tunnels, and over 600,000 passengers every day. The original station, modeled after the Gare d’Orsay in Paris, was made of marble and granite. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1963, into a far uglier structure, completely underground, a maze of platforms and levels, dank stairwells and crowded bagel shops.

They made their way to the Amtrak concourse and purchased four tickets on the Northeast Regional to Virginia Beach, using Chance’s debit card. He was sure he was leaving a trail by using his debit card, but he didn’t have much choice. He promised himself not to use it again unless it was an emergency. He was probably bumping up against his overdraft limit anyway.

Heads on swivels, searching for the familiar scar and scowl of their pursuers, they boarded the train and found four seats together, two on either side of a laminated table.

Chance showed Jenny’s journal to Wolfie and Kate, but they couldn’t make sense of the notes, either. When Tahoe pointed out that Jenny had marked “No observation” next to what they believed to be Kate’s abbreviation, Kate just shrugged and gazed out the window at the passing trees. She stayed that way for the rest of the trip.

They disembarked at the station for Baltimore-Washington International Airport, not even halfway to the end of the line in Virginia Beach.

They made their way outside to the taxi line.

“Three-fourteen East Newgate Lane,” Chance told the driver. “And I’m going to need to borrow your phone.”

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