Missing in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon

Author:Jana DeLeon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Jana DeLeon
Published: 2013-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The other boat was drifting, just off the center of the bayou and so close to the middle that Colt had to break hard to the left to avoid hitting it. He killed the power immediately, and the bow of their boat slammed down on top of the bayou.

Jadyn clutched the seat to avoid being thrown again and looked over at the other boat, holding in a groan. At first glance, it appeared that a person was in the boat, but with a closer look, Jadyn knew Colt was staring at an empty boat.

Helena Henry sat on the middle bench, her hands covering her eyes. As Colt inched Jadyn’s boat closer to the other, Helena removed her hands and Jadyn could see that her eyes were red, as if she’d been crying. Helena stared at them, blinking, then finally locked in on Jadyn. She jumped up from the bench, her eyes wide, and waved her hands above her head, as if she needed to flag them down when they were already headed straight toward her.

“Thank God you found me,” she said as they drew alongside her boat. “I’ve been out here for hours. I thought I knew the way back, but I got lost and every time I tried a new direction, I always ended up back here. Now I’m out of gas.”

Jadyn glanced over at Colt, who stepped into the other boat, then looked back at Helena and put her finger to her lips. Colt was one of the lucky people who couldn’t see or hear Helena, so no way could Jadyn respond. Helena looked over at Colt, then her eyes widened and she nodded. Jadyn rubbed the back of her neck, a million questions hovering at the edge of lips.

Colt reached into the steering column compartment and grabbed some documents from inside. He scanned them quickly, then shoved them back inside.

“This boat belongs to the FBI.”

Jadyn cringed. She’d already expected as much, given the source, but it was still slightly startling to have her worst fear confirmed.

“I could have told you that,” Helena said.

Jadyn stepped up to the side of the boat and glared at Helena.

Colt scanned the bank in both directions. “I don’t know how it got here.”

I do.

“Hmmm,” Jadyn said, trying not to look at Helena. “Maybe this is what Ross was looking for.”

“Maybe, but the tide’s coming in. If it was at the pond, it couldn’t have drifted here. Someone had to have taken it.” He shook his head. “Who the hell would steal a boat from the FBI?”

Jadyn shook her head. “I can’t imagine.”

Because I don’t have to.

“What are we going to do about it?” she asked.

“Nothing,” he said. “I figure it’s Ross’s problem.”

“So you’re just going to leave it here?”

“Sure. Why not?”

Helena’s eyes widened. “Oh hell no! You’re not leaving me here. I could starve. I could get eaten by an alligator. Do you know how big the mosquitoes are here at night?”

As Colt stepped back over, Helena dove for their boat.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.