“We’ve got to get to your vehicle,” Kendra said.
“The fastest way is through the backyard with the aggressive dog in it,” Grayson said.
“Bear growls worked before.”
“Maybe the dog will have gone inside by now.” Grayson ran for the gate, and once he pulled it open, he peered around the yard. He didn’t see the dog, but it could be in the side yard out of their view.
Then someone came out with a shotgun. Okay, he didn’t blame the owner for protecting his property when Grayson and Kendra were trespassing.
They both brought out their bounty hunter IDs, and Kendra hurriedly said, “We’re after a fugitive. He came through your yard from the house behind yours and got into a car. We’ve let the police know to put a BOLO on the car, but we need to get in ours to pursue him. This is the quickest way.”
The homeowner lowered his shotgun. “So you’re going to climb my fence?”
“Yeah, if you allow us to. His stepdad and he are getting away.” Grayson knew they needed to go.
“What did he do?”
“He’s working with his stepdad to kidnap young girls and women.”
“Go. Hurry. Catch the bastard.”
“Thanks.” Grayson and Kendra ran for the fence, and he gave Kendra a foot up again.
Once they were over the fence, they ran through the backyard of Mimi’s home and reached the gate, then threw it open, hurried into the front yard, and raced for Grayson’s vehicle.
As soon as they were in the SUV, Grayson tore down the street, but he was certain they had delayed too long. He also knew that if they had to go around the block to reach his vehicle instead of going through the neighbor’s backyard, they wouldn’t have made it as quickly.
Rowland got back with them. “I’ve got some guys out looking for the car.”
“We’re in my vehicle, searching for it too. What did you learn about the car?” Grayson asked on Bluetooth.
“It was stolen an hour before you called.”
“Great.”
“I know,” Rowland said. “Younger is working on adding to his rap sheet. So is the kid.”
“Sorry that we missed him.” Grayson was so sick of missing out on grabbing these guys.
“Yeah, we all feel the same way about two of them.”
“Hey, I see the car.” Grayson turned off the road the car was on now. “They’re heading toward the Canadian border.”
“We’re on our way.”
Grayson was glad to see the stolen car and hoped they could stop Billy and Younger before they reached the border.
Grayson kept giving Rowland updates on their location as they followed the car.
Then the car turned off down a side street.
“They saw us,” Grayson said.
“Go down the next street. He’ll probably head north again on the next street over, but if he’s watching for us, he’ll see we didn’t follow them.”
“I should let you drive,” Grayson said.
She laughed. “Yeah, I’ve had a ton of cases that I had to follow like that. Hopefully, the police will put up some barricades and stop them before they cross the Canadian border.”
