| Chapter 26 |
| (Howie�s View) I didn�t expect Christie to cry when I gave her the necklace, but I guess she was just happy. She took off her cross & placed it in her pocket. She put her sunglasses on. I thought she looked very beautiful. I looked towards the road as we started back on our way. Surprisingly nothing interesting has happened in the past couple of day. We have just been running away from everything. I decided to stop at the South Carolina rest stop/ Visitor Center so that we could sleep. Kara was already asleep. I looked back & smiled. I looked over at Christie. �We need to take turns watching for suspicious people,� she said. �Do you want to take the first watch?� �Yeah, 2 hours at a time then we�ll switch OK. I�ll let you know if I see anything.� �OK,� I fell asleep within 5 minutes. I was woken up be Christie 2 hours later. �Everything was very peaceful,� she told me. I sat up. It was peaceful the first hour, but during the second hour I saw 3 big black vans pull up next to my van. I saw the words ILab.Corp on the side of the vans I rolled down the window & listened to see who they were. I heard the conversation of three of the men. �The boss is crazy,� One of them said. �How are we suppose to find the girl & Christie when we have no clue where they are� �We have to find Dorough,� the second guy said. � He has the girl & Christie is probably helping him get away from us.� �You know,� started the third �They are probably right under our noses we just have to find them.� That did it. I rolled up the window & started the car. I sped out of there as fast as I could. I heard gunshots on the back of the door. I wasn�t stopping for anything until I had another plan & I needed Christie�s help. |