Racked (A Lt. Jack Daniels / Nicholas Colt mystery) by Jude Hardin & J.A. Konrath

Author:Jude Hardin & J.A. Konrath [Hardin, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2013-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

THE BAD GUY

2:37 P.M.

An instant after Molly and I were separated, I lunged for the light switch on the wall by the doorway. I knew the bitch cop wasn’t going to let me go. I’d seen her reach her hand down. She was going for her gun.

A sliver of light bled in from the barroom, enough for me to navigate by but not enough for Lieutenant Daniels of the Chicago Police Department to risk taking a shot. Not in such close quarters. If I’d been a mass murderer or something, she might have thought about it. But I wasn’t. I was just an armed robber wearing a Bugs Bunny mask. Small potatoes.

I bolted into the barroom, killed some more lights, tripped over the guy lying on the floor as I rounded the corner and headed for the staircase. It took me a moment to get back up, and another moment to search for the loot bag I dropped. Then I sprinted as hard as I could.

I didn’t think the cops could have gotten to Kelly’s that fast. I wanted to see for myself. I wanted to see without having to open the front door and peek out and maybe get riddled by a million or so bullets.

I ran up the stairs, scampered into the billiards room, slammed the door shut and locked it. The street and the parking lot were clearly visible from the second floor window. No cops yet. Daniels had lied to me. Now I needed to get outside.

The car I’d stolen for the job was parked on the side of the building. I could see it, directly below me, right behind another one. I’d left the engine running, so all I needed to do was get down there and climb in and speed away. Nobody had seen my face, and there was no way to connect me with the vehicle. The only thing between me and freedom was some old glass and a fifteen foot jump.

It looked like this might work out after all.

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