The Heist (Novella) by Shaun Jeffrey

Author:Shaun Jeffrey [Jeffrey, Shaun]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller
Amazon: B00BBZXMFI
Goodreads: 17487452
Publisher: Deshca Press
Published: 2013-02-04T11:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Emma let out a little squeal as she stumbled, almost losing her footing. Kurt reached her side and put his arm around her waist, helping her stay upright.

“Come on,” he said, “I’ve got you.”

Caleb ran a couple of steps ahead, his little legs pumping for all they were worth.

Another bullet whined through the trees and whipped through the ferns.

“They’re shooting,” Emma said.

Kurt risked a glance back and saw Rogers firing from over the edge of the bank. Williams still lay on the ground. No sign of the leader.

He only hoped the distance between them meant Rogers’ pistol wasn’t as accurate. But they needed to increase the gap in the hope of losing them.

Ferns whipped around his legs as he urged Emma on. Where fitness was concerned, Emma left him standing as she regularly worked out at the gym and went jogging, whereas Kurt did only as much as he needed to do to maintain his health. But at the moment, it looked as though he was the fittest. Rather than spurring her on, the shock seemed to have slowed his wife down. She was breathing fast, almost hyperventilating, and he feared she would collapse if she didn’t calm down and steady her breathing.

The ground was full of tripping hazards, from roots and branches to brambles. Most of them hidden beneath the ferns, making them more dangerous, but Kurt didn’t dare slow their pace. Better to risk a twisted ankle than a bullet in the back.

“Which way?” Caleb shouted.

“Just keep going.”

They ran up a short bank carpeted with bluebells and sped down the other side. Sweat coated Kurt’s body and he felt as though he was being slowly cooked inside his raincoat. He tugged down the zip as he ran, but it didn’t provide much relief. An old tree up ahead had rotted and collapsed, its trunk lying in the ‘Y’ shaped crook of another tree. Strange shaped fungus clung to the rotted wood.

Caleb ran past the tree and splashed through a patch of mud. Kurt and Emma followed.

Kurt searched his pockets for the GPS as he ran, but he couldn’t find the damned thing. The only thing he could imagine was it had fallen out of his pocket when he rammed into the leader.

Now, without the GPS, they were lost, and being hunted by men who wanted to kill them.

Up ahead, Caleb slowed his pace. Kurt knew they couldn’t continue going as fast as they had, but for now, they had to keep up a decent speed.

“Keep going,” he said. “Find a route not so overgrown to make the running easier.”

Caleb did so, and he actually increased his pace again as he forged a path through the woods, avoiding the tall ferns and keeping to the lower shrubs. Branches snapped underfoot, sounding too loud in the growing gloom and making Kurt wince. Rain bounced off the foliage, weighing it down under the relentless barrage of blows, and he hoped the sound masked their footfalls.

He glanced back but didn’t catch a glimpse anyone following them.

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