Betrayal
“He hurled the phone onto the thin comforter on the lumpy hotel bed, all too aware that his normally sedate temper was dangerously close to exploding.
He stalked across the worn carpet to the bathroom, limping slightly from the fall he’d taken out the taxi door. Not that he was complaining.
After all, he’d made it out of Santarém alive.
Even now, he felt a cold trickle of sweat down his spine. It had been pure luck that he’d been in the lobby of his hotel, already on his way out of town when he’...d seen the men walking down the street.
They’d worn jeans with windbreakers, even though in the midday heat anyone with sense wore short sleeves. And they’d walked with the arrogance of men who expected the world to get out of their way.
Mark had known they were from Jamieson.
He’d spun around and fled out the back door, yet somehow they’d managed to find him, chase his taxi, and run the taxi off the road. Before the driver got the vehicle back on track, Mark had taken advantage of the cover of the surrounding bushes, grabbed his overnight bag and bailed into the shallow ditch.MoreLess
He stalked across the worn carpet to the bathroom, limping slightly from the fall he’d taken out the taxi door. Not that he was complaining.
After all, he’d made it out of Santarém alive.
Even now, he felt a cold trickle of sweat down his spine. It had been pure luck that he’d been in the lobby of his hotel, already on his way out of town when he’...d seen the men walking down the street.
They’d worn jeans with windbreakers, even though in the midday heat anyone with sense wore short sleeves. And they’d walked with the arrogance of men who expected the world to get out of their way.
Mark had known they were from Jamieson.
He’d spun around and fled out the back door, yet somehow they’d managed to find him, chase his taxi, and run the taxi off the road. Before the driver got the vehicle back on track, Mark had taken advantage of the cover of the surrounding bushes, grabbed his overnight bag and bailed into the shallow ditch.MoreLess
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