wanting to go out
there.” Jake paused to think a moment. “I'm crazy for doing this,
but what the heck. I'm coming with you to really watch your back
this time. I have enough money to buy two iced doughnuts. I don't
figure on splitting one. I'm so hungry I want my
own.”
Annie grinned. That was just what
she hoped Jake would say.
Chapter 14
Jake and Annie slipped through the
back alleys to the park. They stayed in the shade of the trees,
edging from one tree to the next and angled toward the
bakery.
They looked cautiously both ways
before they crossed the street and rushed to the store. Annie went
inside this time and watched out the store front window while Jake
paid for the doughnuts. He nodded at Annie that they could go and
handed her a sack.
Once they were outside, Annie asked,
“We going back to the storm drain before we eat the
doughnuts?”
“ Nah, I'm so hungry I can't wait that
long. We might as well go to our usual doughnut eating spot in the
alley. We can go back to the storm drain later. After the sun goes
down, it will be safer moving about without being spotted,” Jake
decided.
They edged around the building to
the alley and sit down with their backs against the store wall.
Quickly, they opened their sacks and pulled out their
doughnuts
Annie held her doughnut close to her
nose savoring the moment, hoping the doughnut was as good as it
looked. It was warm and iced. Couldn't beat that with a
stick?
A delivery truck roared down the
street and braked with a loud screech to a stop in front of the
bakery.
Annie flinched as she looked at
Jake. “I hate loud noises right now. Don't you?”
“ You have a right to be jumpy. I am,
too. I feel like Big Ed has eyes everywhere,” Jake whispered,
talking through the last bite of his doughnut. He chewed as he
peered both ways. So far so good. They had the alley to
themselves.
“ That's because he does have eyes
everywhere, and the money to pay the hombres the eyes belong to
when he wants someone plugged,” snapped Annie softly as she watched
four rough looking men, with large guns, darkened the entrance to
the alley.
Right off Annie spotted the one in
the lead was Big Ed. Even in dim light he was easy to pick out. She
swallowed the last of her doughnut as she grabbed Jake's arm and
pointed at the world of hurt headed toward them. “Speak of the
devil, and here he comes with his goons.”
Annie stood up and ducked a shot
that whizzed past her head. The bullet chipped pieces of brick from
the building and showered both of them. “Jake, we need to split up.
I'll meet you back at the drainage tube.”
She pushed Jake behind the dumpster
and squatted down.
“ I can't go off and leave you here
with these men,” Jake growled.
“ This is no time to grow a backbone.
I'm not sticking around here either, you fool. Get going. I'm
running as fast as I can in the opposite direction,” Anne said.
“That way those goons will have to split up.”
“ You'll run, huh? You won't be fast
enough to out distance them as weak as you are,” worried Jake. He
eyed the men coming at them. “Not nearly fast enough Cowboy Girl
Annie. No matter what we do one or both of us is
screwed.”
The four roughnecks footsteps
sounded like elephants, echoing on the packed alley dirt. The
tromping became louder as the men marched closer.
“ Don't worry about me. I'm the one
with the gun. Remember? Just get ready to run,” Annie hissed. “Big
Ed, you and your men better stay back. I'm a good shot and heeled
as you well know,” she threatened from behind the
dumpster.
“ Do tell?” Big Ed snorted. “So are
we, and we have four guns to your one.”
A gun fired. The bullet bit into the
dumpster wall, sending a ringing sound through Annie and Skinny
Jake's ears.
“ Jake, see ya later, ya hear?” Annie
said urgently. “I'll be all right. Just get moving.” She turned her
attention to Big Ed and his gang. “Cut that shooting out before you
really make me
there.” Jake paused to think a moment. “I'm crazy for doing this,
but what the heck. I'm coming with you to really watch your back
this time. I have enough money to buy two iced doughnuts. I don't
figure on splitting one. I'm so hungry I want my
own.”
Annie grinned. That was just what
she hoped Jake would say.
Chapter 14
Jake and Annie slipped through the
back alleys to the park. They stayed in the shade of the trees,
edging from one tree to the next and angled toward the
bakery.
They looked cautiously both ways
before they crossed the street and rushed to the store. Annie went
inside this time and watched out the store front window while Jake
paid for the doughnuts. He nodded at Annie that they could go and
handed her a sack.
Once they were outside, Annie asked,
“We going back to the storm drain before we eat the
doughnuts?”
“ Nah, I'm so hungry I can't wait that
long. We might as well go to our usual doughnut eating spot in the
alley. We can go back to the storm drain later. After the sun goes
down, it will be safer moving about without being spotted,” Jake
decided.
They edged around the building to
the alley and sit down with their backs against the store wall.
Quickly, they opened their sacks and pulled out their
doughnuts
Annie held her doughnut close to her
nose savoring the moment, hoping the doughnut was as good as it
looked. It was warm and iced. Couldn't beat that with a
stick?
A delivery truck roared down the
street and braked with a loud screech to a stop in front of the
bakery.
Annie flinched as she looked at
Jake. “I hate loud noises right now. Don't you?”
“ You have a right to be jumpy. I am,
too. I feel like Big Ed has eyes everywhere,” Jake whispered,
talking through the last bite of his doughnut. He chewed as he
peered both ways. So far so good. They had the alley to
themselves.
“ That's because he does have eyes
everywhere, and the money to pay the hombres the eyes belong to
when he wants someone plugged,” snapped Annie softly as she watched
four rough looking men, with large guns, darkened the entrance to
the alley.
Right off Annie spotted the one in
the lead was Big Ed. Even in dim light he was easy to pick out. She
swallowed the last of her doughnut as she grabbed Jake's arm and
pointed at the world of hurt headed toward them. “Speak of the
devil, and here he comes with his goons.”
Annie stood up and ducked a shot
that whizzed past her head. The bullet chipped pieces of brick from
the building and showered both of them. “Jake, we need to split up.
I'll meet you back at the drainage tube.”
She pushed Jake behind the dumpster
and squatted down.
“ I can't go off and leave you here
with these men,” Jake growled.
“ This is no time to grow a backbone.
I'm not sticking around here either, you fool. Get going. I'm
running as fast as I can in the opposite direction,” Anne said.
“That way those goons will have to split up.”
“ You'll run, huh? You won't be fast
enough to out distance them as weak as you are,” worried Jake. He
eyed the men coming at them. “Not nearly fast enough Cowboy Girl
Annie. No matter what we do one or both of us is
screwed.”
The four roughnecks footsteps
sounded like elephants, echoing on the packed alley dirt. The
tromping became louder as the men marched closer.
“ Don't worry about me. I'm the one
with the gun. Remember? Just get ready to run,” Annie hissed. “Big
Ed, you and your men better stay back. I'm a good shot and heeled
as you well know,” she threatened from behind the
dumpster.
“ Do tell?” Big Ed snorted. “So are
we, and we have four guns to your one.”
A gun fired. The bullet bit into the
dumpster wall, sending a ringing sound through Annie and Skinny
Jake's ears.
“ Jake, see ya later, ya hear?” Annie
said urgently. “I'll be all right. Just get moving.” She turned her
attention to Big Ed and his gang. “Cut that shooting out before you
really make me
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