Peak Road - A Short Thriller (Jon Stanton Mysteries Book 10) by Victor Methos

Author:Victor Methos [Methos, Victor]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

14

At the motel, I sat in the parking lot for a moment, just breathing. I focused my mind on a single thought—the way the waves crackled against the sand on the beach near my house. I thought about this for a long time before I opened the door and headed inside.

I took out the key to put into the lock, then I noticed the door was open. I pushed it wider and didn’t see anyone inside. “Mickey?”

I could hear loud music a few doors down, but our room was completely silent. I could see Mickey’s bed from the door—he wasn’t in it. The rest of the room was dark. I reached back and put my hand on my gun but didn’t take it out of the holster. I scanned the parts of the room I could see, and saw no one.

I stepped inside, and something hit my ribs like a truck, flinging me out of the room and onto my back. A dark figure ran out of the room and sprinted into the night.

I got to my feet and drew my gun. I raced into the dark. The figure went toward the road. I could see a silhouette every time the person neared a light post. The sprinter was faster than I was, leaping over trashcans and dashing through bushes as though they weren’t there. I followed the figure onto the sidewalk. My legs were burning, and he was getting away.

I kept going for block after block until my chest seared as if someone had dumped acid in it. Finally, my legs wouldn’t go any farther. I stopped on the sidewalk, so off balance from the blow I’d taken that I nearly fell over, sucking air as if I’d been held underwater.

The figure disappeared around a corner.

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