From Large Target, Jo escapes from an ambush scene where the kidnapper has shot one person and incinerated a car. She has guessed the kidnapper's identity and tricked his father, who knows nothing about the crime, into giving her directions to the kidnapper's workshop.
I heard sirens, and a fire truck raced past headed for the fire that had been Zane's car with an ambulance and a police car following soon after. I started to feel very conspicuous. I got back on Foothill Boulevard and began to follow the instructions my lie had earned me.
The old man hadn't been exaggerating about needing a bodyguard in that part of town. A small detachment of marines would have been appropriate. The warehouse sat at the end of a block that was occupied by a junkyard on one side and a dirt lot ringed by several deserted buildings on the other, chain-link fences featuring razor wire on top set the dominant motif in exterior trim.
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So much tension in this six. Well done! :)
ReplyDeleteLoved this line: "set the dominant motif in exterior trim." Great 6!
ReplyDeleteAngela keeps stealing my lines :D very visual snippet
ReplyDeleteThanks Jessica, Angela and Sassy, I like my characters so much, it took me a while to learn how to put them in danger, but now I enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteTense six!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pat!
ReplyDeleteOoh, exciting snippet!
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