The Hunted (2000)
“Nothing moved, not even the leaves on the wild roses that broke the monotony of green with the colorful splash of their vivid pink blossoms. He turned all the way around, first checking the Jeep parked beside the fir trees. She wasn’t in there.
She wasn’t sitting at the picnic table farther away in a little clearing, or next to the fire pit sunk in the ground. Probably she was playing mind games, trying to spook him. Maybe she’d hidden behind the brown-painted garbage can bolted to a concrete b...ase. But unless she crouched in exactly the right spot in relation to his line of sight, the garbage can couldn’t hide all of her. One little giveaway patch of red shorts would have been easy to see.
The creek, then, maybe. Their campsite was nicely located a hundred yards from the rushing waters of Quartz Creek. Jack walked the distance to the creek, which was wide enough to wade across yet swift enough to splash and soak anyone who did. He looked up and down both banks. No Ashley.
No sense calling out for her beside the creek—its noise would drown out her reply, if she bothered to shout back.MoreLess
She wasn’t sitting at the picnic table farther away in a little clearing, or next to the fire pit sunk in the ground. Probably she was playing mind games, trying to spook him. Maybe she’d hidden behind the brown-painted garbage can bolted to a concrete b...ase. But unless she crouched in exactly the right spot in relation to his line of sight, the garbage can couldn’t hide all of her. One little giveaway patch of red shorts would have been easy to see.
The creek, then, maybe. Their campsite was nicely located a hundred yards from the rushing waters of Quartz Creek. Jack walked the distance to the creek, which was wide enough to wade across yet swift enough to splash and soak anyone who did. He looked up and down both banks. No Ashley.
No sense calling out for her beside the creek—its noise would drown out her reply, if she bothered to shout back.MoreLess
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