Static was her only answer. She had to do something. Getting to her feet, Jinx made her way to the truck. She crawled under the truck she looked for the oil plug and pulled. Then she took the knife in her boot and stabbed the four tires. They wouldn’t be able to use the truck but that didn’t mean they couldn’t call a friend to help them. Hopefully, before the rest of her team would arrive.
*****
“Isaac, do you have her location?” Vic demanded.
“Her signal cut off five miles ahead. Before that happened, she said they were turning off the main road.”
Drake sat, clenching his fists and releasing them over and over. He had to believe that Jinx would be careful. She had to know she was no match for the two perps together. Not these two, they were bad news. The older brother had a record of abusing females. Why he had been allowed bail was beyond Drake. Vic and Jagger were going to have to tighten up on things.
He looked up toward where Vic was driving. Shy was looking at him strangely. “What?”
“She’ll be okay. We’ve practiced hand to hand and she’s good,really good. She’s also smart. Jinx knows she’ll need to wait for backup.”
Drake knew all that, but bad things seemed to happen around her and he wasn’t there to help her. It ate at him. What was the last thing he said to her? He wasn’t sure, but he wished he had those moments back to tell her that he was falling for her. That he wanted to work on building a future for them.
“Slow down!” Isaac yelled out.
Drake sat up straight, one hand clutching the seat in front of him and the other hand on his gun. He glanced over at the monitors that Isaac was looking at. “I’m picking up a signal to the right.”
Vic drove the van slowly, then turned onto a dirt road that was barely visible in the dark. Good thing Vic had such good eyesight. Drake’s throat was dry, but he cleared it. “Can you get her on her communications link?”
Isaac turned on the link, “Jinx? Are you there?”
No answer. Isaac shook his head. “She must be farther in the woods. The closer we get the less interference there will be.”
