The Peruvian Exchange (Jack Barr Thrillers Book 2) by Nick Thacker

Author:Nick Thacker [Thacker, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Conundrum Publishing
Published: 2022-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-EIGHT

JACK

Jack backpedaled and tried to get around him. The man said something into his ear, but Jack didn't stick around long enough to hear it, only that it had been in English.

Running into the commando seemed to surprise both of them, which was good — if the guy hadn’t been surprised, Jack would have been dead. He hadn't been aiming the rifle at Jack, nor had he tried to fight Jack when they bumped into each other.

Who the hell was that guy?

The man had seemed as surprised to see him as Jack was.

Jack pushed away the new questions and opted to ignore them for now, aiming once more in the direction of the port a few blocks away, which should be just ahead and around a bend in the road.

Before he could get too far away from the marketplace square, he saw a sign to his right that caught his attention. It was another tourist attraction, one he had heard of and read a little about, but had not considered visiting. He wasn’t here for sight-seeing, but this particular place might now be useful to him. First, it was a place to hide from the people still chasing him. Second, it should offer a way to get to the port and his meetup location faster than by just following the streets around.

There were still at least three cartel men after him, plus any number of Shining Path watchers and soldiers in the area who surely knew he was here.

Not to mention whoever these mercenaries were that Jack had slammed into. Jack couldn't begin to understand who the newcomer was, but he knew the man would not have been working alone. He had watched him speak into his comm, talking to someone he was working with somewhere.

And Jack had to assume the man was talking about him.

That means another group trying to intercept me here.

He needed to disappear, quickly. There was no way he could simply walk to the port and meet up with his three cartel buddies now, not immediately after everyone in town saw his face. He needed to disappear for as long as possible, until just before his scheduled departure time, and the sign he had just seen offered a place to do just that.

Jack made it to the tourist spot depicted on the sign fifteen minutes later, jogging the entire way. He had not seen anyone else trying to attack him, nor had he seen any of the mercenary’s buddies, and he needed to regain some energy. Sprinting through the streets, the building under construction, and then the marketplace would take its toll sooner or later. Besides that, his leg was still slightly sore, and running would only hurt it more.

As it was, he needed to get some space and use some of painkillers in his pack. He couldn’t do more for his knee; a few pills would be the best care he could receive at this point. Perhaps when he got onboard the Manaus-bound riverboat he could take some time to rest and recuperate.

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