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“One of the guys came out behind the woman. His hand is covered in blood and it looks like he’s hit someone.”
“Ellie, calm down. You don’t know that he hit David.”
“Why would the woman let him hit David? What’s her part in this?”
“Calm down, Ellie.”He lowered his voice.“Panicking isn’t going to help anyone.”
“That man has David’s blood on his hands and arm, so don’t you tell me to calm down!”
I lifted the binoculars back to my eyes. The man’s face contorted with anger and the woman pointed a finger at his chest before spinning around and getting into the back of her limo.
“You have to get him out of there, Collin.Now.I’m going to find out more about the woman in the limo. She must know something.”
“Ellie, what the fuck are you doing?” He sounded furious.
I got up and ran across the roof and then tried to come up with an off-the-cuff plan while I stood at the edge, looking down at the industrial park. “Collin, I’m begging you. Get David out of there.”
I hung up and jumped over the edge, landing on the dumpster with a loud thud. My knees buckled to absorb the drop. Once I managed to steady myself, I leaped off the trash bin and landed on my feet.
I took off running toward the south entrance to the industrial park. Since I’d studied the area the night before, I knew that while the main entrance was to the east, there was a smaller one to the south. It was a gamble. Using the south entrance would require me to pass some dubious-looking buildings that anyone with a sense of self-preservation would avoid, but I was betting that that woman in her expensive clothes and limo didn’t want anyone to find her here. It made sense that she would opt to use the alternate entrance.
My phone vibrated in my hand and I answered. “Did you get David?”
“Ellie! You need to think this through.What are you doing?”
“Did you find him?”
“I won’t do a goddamned thing until you tell me what you’re doing.”
“I’m intercepting her car at the south entrance.Now get him.”
I hung up as I turned down a road opposite from the east entrance, hoping I’d made the right gamble. I stuffed my phone in my pocket and bolted down a side street that—if I calculated correctly—would connect to the south entrance street. I skidded to a stop at the corner when I saw that the black car was several blocks way and headed in my direction.
I reached up and grabbed the collar of my pale-blue cotton shirt and tugged, ripping it slightly. Then I grabbed my upper arms and rubbed them vigorously. As the car approached, I ran out into the middle of the road, waving and screaming, “Help!”
For a brief moment, I thought the car was going to run me over, but it slowed down and then pulled to a halt. I ran up to the driver’s window and banged on it. “Help me! Please!”
The window rolled down and a man’s irritated face glared at me.
“Thank God! I was attacked and he was chasing me…” My voice broke as I looked back over my shoulder. I didn’t have to fake my terror.
The man continued to stare me down.
“Marcus, where is your sense of propriety?” The cultured female voice came from the back of the car. “Offer the poor girl assistance.”
He lowered his gaze. “Yes, ma’am.”
“Have her sit in the back with me so she can catch her breath.”
He pushed the car door open and I stepped out of the way as he reluctantly slid out and opened the back door.
I peered into the dark interior before sliding into the seat next to the woman. I forced myself not to claw her. Instead, I said, “Thank you.”
“Are you okay, my dear?” She sat primly in her seat. She wore a long-sleeved white blouse, the top button left open to reveal two short strands of pearls. Her hands were neatly folded on her knees, which partially overlapped under the hem of her gray linen skirt. Her black heels rested flat on the floor. Her short, white hair had been slightly fluffed and although she was obviously older, her face was mostly wrinkle-free. Kudos to her plastic surgeon.
I hesitated, surprised by how concerned she appeared to be. “I’m just shaken up.”
“What were you doing out here all alone?”
