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Оглавление“Keep your head down.”
Everett pulled off the roadway onto a dirt path. “We’re being followed.”
It’s him. The killer. She didn’t give voice to her suspicion. Couldn’t.
He stopped behind a thick stand of trees. “Stay here. I’ll go check.”
Seconds after he disappeared into the woods, brakes squealed in the distance. Cuddling the baby tighter, she heard a crack of a gunshot cut through the stillness.
A lump of fear filled her throat.
No. Surely Everett hadn’t been shot. Then a new realization hit her. The shooter could follow the tire tracks. She and the baby were easy prey.
She stepped from the car and ran, clutching the baby close.
Leaves rustled behind her. Footfalls came closer. Her toe caught, she started to fall and someone grabbed her.
“I’ve got you.”
It wasn’t the killer, but Everett.
