Chapter 21-30

Chapter 21
He exited off the highway only a mile or two after they got on. Sasha tensed when he slowed, but he reassured her. “They know this car now because the Avatar saw it. I need to ditch it and get something else. I have another one in here.”

It was a lot closer for a switch than he’d normally use, but he didn’t want to drive the thirty minutes to the next town where he had kept a private storage unit. And he thought Sasha needed a minute to breathe. The park would be just the thing. He was willing to bet Nick hadn’t put anyone on it. He wouldn’t have expected Zev to choose it when it was so close.

A few minutes later they pulled into the national park. He slid his wallet out of the breast pocket of his shirt inside the overalls and slid the Annual Membership card into the little slot. The barrier arm raised slowly, and for a second he was reminded of the guy in the first parking garage.

How had Nick known he needed someone there this week? Why not last week?

Or had they had someone on post there this whole time? He didn’t think so… but Nick could be brilliant like that. He grimaced. At this point it hardly mattered. The point was, they’d gotten away. Only barely, but they’d done it.

He had Sasha back.

Zev shook his head in disbelief.