Running On Empty
“He had been ready to accuse Emmy of working with Smith. Instead, she had risked her own life to save him and Joe.
Now she sat trembling before him, trying to control her pain as she recalled the murder of her father, Royce Sauter.
"My father was murdered," Emmy repeated slowly. "A school bus driver said that he saw my father's car approaching the bus stop at high speed. Kids were unloading, crossing the road to the other side. The driver said my father had obviously lost control of the car.
"My... father had only two choices - the kids or an unfinished off ramp. He swerved off the road, away from the bus and the kids, hit the off ramp, flipped, and rolled one hundred fifty feet. He was dead at the scene." "I'm sorry," Frank said. He cleared his throat. "What happened?" "The papers said it was a heart attack." Emmy gulped in air and held her breath for a few moments. Frank could tell she was fighting back tears. "I found out after I transferred to Southport that the reason my father's car lost control was because it had been sabotaged." "The same guy who sabotaged Cronkite's car this morning?" Frank asked.MoreLess
Now she sat trembling before him, trying to control her pain as she recalled the murder of her father, Royce Sauter.
"My father was murdered," Emmy repeated slowly. "A school bus driver said that he saw my father's car approaching the bus stop at high speed. Kids were unloading, crossing the road to the other side. The driver said my father had obviously lost control of the car.
"My... father had only two choices - the kids or an unfinished off ramp. He swerved off the road, away from the bus and the kids, hit the off ramp, flipped, and rolled one hundred fifty feet. He was dead at the scene." "I'm sorry," Frank said. He cleared his throat. "What happened?" "The papers said it was a heart attack." Emmy gulped in air and held her breath for a few moments. Frank could tell she was fighting back tears. "I found out after I transferred to Southport that the reason my father's car lost control was because it had been sabotaged." "The same guy who sabotaged Cronkite's car this morning?" Frank asked.MoreLess
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