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said, pointing at the flowers now on the floor next to the lamp. “But she was gone and her door was partially open. I started to get a little worried.”
“Damn it,” Agent Herring said. Suddenly, his cell phone vibrated and he looked at the screen.
“Please tell me it activated,” Agent Runyan said.
“Yes!” her counterpart said. Suddenly, his face went white.
“Oh, no,” he said. “I think she’s on a boat.”
19.
Bang!
Justine opened her eyes. That incredibly loud thud had been her head banging on the bottom of a boat as it crashed over a savage wave. The sky swirled above her, dark clouds spat rain and a roaring wind filled her ears.
Pain shot into her head as her eyes were blinded by a lightning flash, and a red-hot poker of agony radiated out from the side of her head, where Daniel had clobbered her.
“This is far enough,” Daniel shouted. Justine felt herself jerked to her feet, and she saw Pete was at the helm of the boat. She watched him pull the throttle back and the screaming of the boat’s engine slowed to a dull growl. Justine swayed on her feet and she thought she might get sick.
“I’m not really sorry about this Justine,” Daniel said. “I gave you a good home, plenty of jewelry and you were more than happy to betray me.”
“You’re a liar,” she said. She felt dizzy, but the pent-up fury momentarily steadied her. “You never loved me; it was all a sham, just like your life. You’re a monster and a scumbag.”
Justine saw the blind rage leap into Daniel’s eyes and he raised the gun to her head, and then pushed her toward the side of the boat. She knew what his plan was. To shoot her in the head and dump her overboard so the sharks could dispose of her.
Panic exploded inside her and she lunged at Daniel, screaming and trying to rake his eyes with her fingernails. She refused to go down without a fight.
But Daniel was too strong. He pushed her in the chest, flinging her backward against the side of the boat. He raised the gun and an enormous crash sounded filled the air. At first, she thought it was thunder from the lightning storm, but she saw the prow of another boat as it careened away. Justine’s feet lost traction as the boat shuddered deep into a trough and then shot up from the crest of another wave and then she was airborne, over the side of the boat and into the water.
20.
The water swallowed her and she could hear the sound of the boats’ props roaring under the water. The idea of being run over by one of the boats terrified her. She had seen pictures of manatees that had been run over, causing great ragged chunks of their flesh to be ripped out. Justine blindly kicked toward the surface and as best she could tell, away from the boats.
She popped to the surface and the sounds erupted all around her. She heard shots, and looked back; saw Daniel leaning over the side of the boat, a gun in his hand, firing at her. Justine felt something strike her in the shoulder and then she was under water again. Always a strong swimmer, she kicked hard, staying underwater even as a creeping numbness set in along her shoulder. Her lungs were burning and she seemed to be losing control of her left arm. She broke through the surface of the water again and now she couldn’t see anything. The air had a strange red tint to it, until she realized that she was bleeding, and treading water in her own bloody water.
A wave caught her directly in the face and her mouth filled with water. Justine’s left arm now trailed in the water next to her, useless. And she was having trouble staying afloat as the waves seemed to be coming at her from all different directions. She sank again in the water. Her legs kicked and kicked but she couldn’t find the surface of the water. Her eyes were open and she saw the light from above, but it was going horizontally. Her lungs were about to burst when
“Damn it,” Agent Herring said. Suddenly, his cell phone vibrated and he looked at the screen.
“Please tell me it activated,” Agent Runyan said.
“Yes!” her counterpart said. Suddenly, his face went white.
“Oh, no,” he said. “I think she’s on a boat.”
19.
Bang!
Justine opened her eyes. That incredibly loud thud had been her head banging on the bottom of a boat as it crashed over a savage wave. The sky swirled above her, dark clouds spat rain and a roaring wind filled her ears.
Pain shot into her head as her eyes were blinded by a lightning flash, and a red-hot poker of agony radiated out from the side of her head, where Daniel had clobbered her.
“This is far enough,” Daniel shouted. Justine felt herself jerked to her feet, and she saw Pete was at the helm of the boat. She watched him pull the throttle back and the screaming of the boat’s engine slowed to a dull growl. Justine swayed on her feet and she thought she might get sick.
“I’m not really sorry about this Justine,” Daniel said. “I gave you a good home, plenty of jewelry and you were more than happy to betray me.”
“You’re a liar,” she said. She felt dizzy, but the pent-up fury momentarily steadied her. “You never loved me; it was all a sham, just like your life. You’re a monster and a scumbag.”
Justine saw the blind rage leap into Daniel’s eyes and he raised the gun to her head, and then pushed her toward the side of the boat. She knew what his plan was. To shoot her in the head and dump her overboard so the sharks could dispose of her.
Panic exploded inside her and she lunged at Daniel, screaming and trying to rake his eyes with her fingernails. She refused to go down without a fight.
But Daniel was too strong. He pushed her in the chest, flinging her backward against the side of the boat. He raised the gun and an enormous crash sounded filled the air. At first, she thought it was thunder from the lightning storm, but she saw the prow of another boat as it careened away. Justine’s feet lost traction as the boat shuddered deep into a trough and then shot up from the crest of another wave and then she was airborne, over the side of the boat and into the water.
20.
The water swallowed her and she could hear the sound of the boats’ props roaring under the water. The idea of being run over by one of the boats terrified her. She had seen pictures of manatees that had been run over, causing great ragged chunks of their flesh to be ripped out. Justine blindly kicked toward the surface and as best she could tell, away from the boats.
She popped to the surface and the sounds erupted all around her. She heard shots, and looked back; saw Daniel leaning over the side of the boat, a gun in his hand, firing at her. Justine felt something strike her in the shoulder and then she was under water again. Always a strong swimmer, she kicked hard, staying underwater even as a creeping numbness set in along her shoulder. Her lungs were burning and she seemed to be losing control of her left arm. She broke through the surface of the water again and now she couldn’t see anything. The air had a strange red tint to it, until she realized that she was bleeding, and treading water in her own bloody water.
A wave caught her directly in the face and her mouth filled with water. Justine’s left arm now trailed in the water next to her, useless. And she was having trouble staying afloat as the waves seemed to be coming at her from all different directions. She sank again in the water. Her legs kicked and kicked but she couldn’t find the surface of the water. Her eyes were open and she saw the light from above, but it was going horizontally. Her lungs were about to burst when
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