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The doorbell rang again and she moved around the staircase, toward the kitchen. Pounding sounded on the front door and the handle began to jiggle as if he was trying to get inside.
They hurried down the stairs to the basement and out the tunnel, locking the door behind them. Addy ran down the tunnel toward the opening, Rafe close behind her. She climbed the metal rungs, entered the code in the keypad and twisted the handle to open the hatch. She climbed out and waited for Rafe before closing it up and moving the rubber mat into place. Rafe jumped into the SUV and waited for her.
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Rafe quickly sent a text out to Wade.
"On the run. They came to the Bowman home, assuming arrest is imminent."
"Get out of the state."
"Roger."
Addy jumped into the vehicle, her phone in her hand. "I just texted Tate and told him we are on our way to the airport."
Rafe tapped the garage door button and as soon as he had enough room, he eased from the garage. Closed the door and sped down the street before they came around. He drove faster than he was comfortable given the streets were narrow, but didn't want to take the chance he'd be caught, so he pushed forward. As he turned out of the neighborhood, he sped a bit more, first exiting the surrounding neighborhood, then moving toward the highway.
Addy called Tate. "We're on the highway."
"Okay. I have a lead on where the body is, I'm sending someone to check it out. If it's where I think it is, we'll steal it back. They won't have it for evidence to use against Rafe."
"Thanks."
"Watch your backs. Gavin is waiting for you."
Rafe's stomach knotted. This is the sort of thing his father would be involved in. Not murder, but running and hiding. He'd spent his life avoiding trouble such as this. But now, here he was smack in the middle of it.
"Which way?" He barked out.
Addy gave him clear directions, then softly said, "You didn't do anything wrong. You're not in trouble, so to speak."
"They could put me in jail for a long time for something I didn't do. If King wants to destroy my credibility so no one believes me, he'll do it. Unless I give up Wade, which I won't."
"Hopefully Wade will get to the people he needs to get to first."
Rafe's jaw tightened as he ground his teeth together. He'd worked his entire life for his credibility. It rankled him to no end they'd try to destroy him. He was merely the second-hand recipient of damaging information on someone who shouldn't have any credibility. But the media had been quashed and evidence buried. People were coerced into silence for fear of shit just like this happening to them.
Rafe turned into the airport property and moved steadily toward the private hangars.
"It's hangar G7."
He found row G and turned left. The numbers were visible on the doors of each hangar. As he passed Hangar 6, the door to 7 began to open.
"Park inside."
Turning the SUV into the hangar, he parked along the left side of the hangar where there was plenty of room for the SUV. Addy jumped from the vehicle and pulled her laptop from the backseat. He did the same. They jogged to the plane, whose steps had been lowered and a man stood outside waiting for them.
Addy spoke first. "Hi, Gavin. Thanks for coming for us. As usual, we're in a bit of a pickle."
"I understand Ms. Masters."
The man nodded to him as he began ascending the stairs. "Hello, Mr. Martin. I'm Gavin."
"Hello, Gavin. Thank you for your expedience."
He merely grinned then turned to the plane and waited until they were both inside before raising the steps from the plane. The thunking and noises coming from the plane were welcome right now. It meant they were on their way.
Addy sat in a seat in the middle of the plane. Two seats together with a table in front of them, two facing seats on the opposite side of the table.
