The Collected by Brett Battles

Author:Brett Battles [Battles, Brett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Conspiracy, love story, spy, cleaner
ISBN: 1480055387
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 30

LIZ WAS SURE that at some point she would be discovered. If her brother had just stuck to the city, it probably would have been easier for her to stay hidden. But instead, he, Orlando, and Daeng had driven out into the countryside, stopping at some sort of industrial building before heading farther out on the highway, and turning off the road and driving into the wilderness.

Liz had motioned for her driver to follow them, but he refused.

“No hay camino ahí. Yo no voy allá abajo,” he said.

She got the gist of what he meant, so she had him continue down the highway for a quarter mile then pull off to the side.

He’d been shooting her suspicious looks in his rearview mirror since not long after they’d left the airport. In an effort to placate him, she’d handed him a thousand pesos—about seventy-five dollars. It helped for a while, but now the look was back.

Liz tried to ignore it while she kept her attention focused on the place where her brother had left the road. When the other car finally showed up again, it turned back toward the city.

“Okay, go, go. Um, vámonos,” Liz said.

Once more she and her driver took up pursuit.

It wasn’t long before Jake turned off the road again, this time driving behind several cinderblock buildings. Liz had her driver turn down the road between the buildings and a gas station, and drive slowly past the road Jake had turned on.

She spotted her brother’s car parked along the back of the buildings.

“Stop,” she told her cabbie. She glanced back at the Pemex station. “¿Necesitas gas? I’ll pay.” She mimed giving him money.

“Sí. Gracias.”

He drove back to the gas station and pulled up to the pumps. While he filled the tank, she climbed out of the car and walked to the back of the lot so she could see behind the other buildings. The rental car was still parked at the side of the road, but unlike before, Jake and his friends were standing outside.

She wished she could hear what they were talking about, or, at the very least, knew the reasons for all these stops. They had to have something to do with Nate, but what?

After a few minutes, her brother, Orlando, and Daeng turned back to their car and climbed in. Liz ran back to the taxi. While the pump hose was no longer sticking into the gas tank, her driver was nowhere to be seen. She whipped around, looking everywhere for him, but she had no idea where he was.

She was going to lose her brother. She’d made it this far, but now she was going to lose him and that would be that.

Dammit!

Somewhere off to her right, a door swung open. She looked over and saw her driver exiting the toilet.

“Hurry,” she said, waving at him. “Hurry, please. ¡Vámonos!”

He began walking more quickly.

She pointed back at the highway. “Come on, come on. They’re going.” She climbed into the cab.

It was a full five minutes before they caught sight of Jake’s rental again.

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