Saving Me (Finding You #3) by Amanda Mackey

Author:Amanda Mackey [Mackey, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00U7LHQKO
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-04-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Dakota

John would soon be hot on my tail. I would have to outwit him as opposed to out-running him with broken ribs. Hopefully the thick trees would help me do that.

Pausing for not even a minute, I threw my clothes on in haste, not even checking to see if they were on backwards, but making sure I still had the folded piece of paper stashed into the side of my panties, and then headed for the small store.

The day was already warm, or maybe it was the fact that I was so worked up. Either way, the shade of the fir trees was a blessing. My sandals weren’t exactly cut out for hiking but then when I’d thrown them on yesterday morning, I had no idea I’d be running for my life through the thicket at Big Bear Lake the following day.

My mouth was dry again. If there had been more time to escape I could have planned a little better and taken some water from the cabin. My mouth felt like a dry river bed.

Hearing twigs snap behind me, I zig-zagged ahead, using the tree trunks as a shield, not game to peek behind. My heart was thumping louder than a drum and I had to try and muffle my loud, strained breaths from the acute chest pain. Maybe that’s what John was counting on. My injuries thwarting any attempt at getting to safety. Well, I’d rather die trying than give up and return to that disgusting psycho. He’d given me the window of opportunity to break out and I’d taken it. That was his stupid fault. What had he expected me to do? Stay tied up like a good little wife until he returned to manhandle me some more? If there was one thing I’d learned after the plane crash, it was you had to rely on yourself and your own strength to survive. No one else could do it for you. Fight until there was nothing left.

My mind had to push my body to keep on going, when all I wanted to do was collapse in a heap and cry. That would surely get me killed, though. If I was going to die it was not going to be at the hands of John.

Forging on, stumbling over branches, rocks, and forest debris, John sang out, clearly closing the gap.

“Come out, come out, wherever you are! You might as well surrender, Dakota. I know you’re bleeding. You won’t last long. The creatures in these woods will smell it on you.”

Damn! I hadn’t thought of that. What creatures was he talking about? Bears? Coyotes? No. He was just bluffing. The only threat to me was him.

I have to get to the store at all costs. I can call Kyle and let him know where I am. He must be crazy by now.

That alone kept me moving. My body had given up back at the cabin but my mind wouldn’t accept it. While air was still being sucked into my lungs I would push forward.

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