Girls with Guns by Michelle Grubb & Carsen Taite & Ali Vali

Author:Michelle Grubb & Carsen Taite & Ali Vali [Grubb, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626395862
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2016-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Bel was an accurate judge of space and time; it was one of her most useful qualities. Of course, it was something you could learn or practice, but she required nothing other than her instincts. She could pack a suitcase, small bag, car boot, or anything really with an unfathomable amount of objects. It was like a game of Tetris. Shapes, spaces, and at times stubborn brute force would see her succeed. When it came to time, she possessed an uncanny knack of running a scenario through her mind in fast-forward and translating that scene to normal time. She calculated that if everything went to plan and the trains ran on time, she would be in Esther’s vicinity within fifteen minutes.

It seemed like such an agonisingly long time to reach her destination, and if she were to run between trains the time would be halved, but running and drawing attention to herself was not a viable option. If Control spotted her running they could track her easily. In fact, if she were to remain wearing the same outfit, she’d be apprehended in no time. She paused to look around. Two doors down from a specialty cupcake cart was a vendor selling London souvenirs. The locals knew the goods were cheap crap made in China, but she made a beeline for the little stall, selecting a cap and a flimsy black zip-up hooded jacket emblazoned with the Union Jack and the words, In London, I Am the King.

With only the stall holder as her audience, she quickly transferred everything from her jacket pockets to her jeans and took it off. Her holster and weapon were in full view. The man’s eyes bulged from his head like those of a character in a cartoon.

“Oh, don’t worry. It’s not real.” She sounded relatively convincing, even to herself. She pulled on the black jacket. “I’m an extra on Scott and Bailey. Have you seen that cop show?” He looked relieved but clueless. “You should watch it. It’s great.” Scott and Bailey was filmed miles away in Manchester. It was the best she could manage under the circumstances.

She pulled on the cap and resumed her journey to reach Esther. It was a long shot. Esther was probably on the move, but this was Bel’s only chance. Sitting and waiting for something to happen wasn’t a viable plan. Conrad Rush finding Esther first wasn’t viable either. Bel had one chance and she was taking it.

She walked briskly toward the westbound platform. When a group of people rushed by her, she tagged onto the end of their pack, inconspicuously gaining ground. As the train arrived, she leapt on it and stood by the door. She needed an escape route.

If Control located her, the odds of reaching Esther were slim. Her knowledge of the underground network was not superior to others in Hotstream, and once Control agents were tracking her on camera, it was unlikely they’d lose her. Although they’d lost Esther once already that morning. She prayed Esther stayed lost until she found her.

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