Hunters

James

Charlotte’s signals vanish from the screen and my gut twists. For brief endless seconds, the three of us; myself, Richard and Michael, sit silently. I stare at my screen, trying to will the signal back into existence.

Jade….

What have you done?

Richard won’t meet my eye….

It’s his wife she’s trying to rescue….

Recovering from my paralysis, I stand. “Time to go. We’ve done as much as we can from here.”

Michael rises with me. “Yes. Which car?”

“Yours. It’s more rugged than mine. We may need to go cross-country, or on poor trails.”

“Okay. I’ll drive. You handle the computers and concentrate on finding the signal again. You’re better at the tech stuff than me.”

“Fair enough… Francis…” I yell out for Richard’s PA, briefly glancing at Richard himself who simply waves his hands with a Get on with it… gesture.

outside the door, which opens almost

equipment to take, “We need connectivity while we’re on the

legible in my haste to get the words down. “Here’s the spec,” I say, thrusting

tapping into her mobile as I speak and

an internet connection?” asks

it works with, do. There’s no point having the signal, without the

them I want them back here, with the equipment, within twenty minutes.” He pulls at his chin with thumb and

Do we?

He has a point…

should have them available,” he says, “But if the area is suddenly flooded with police vehicles, someone’s going to start asking how they know to look there. If Charlotte still has her tracers, we

Will and ask him to keep any police presence

meet my eye, or

Guilt?

*****

Richard

the back of the car, staying live on my mobile with Will Stanton, the Police

operating as a smooth team, with James giving only the barest of nods for instructions to take a turnoff or follow a road, whilst Michael drives at breakneck speed out of the City

over. Michael curses under his breath, but shows no signs of stopping or even slowing, simply glancing back

of your patrol cars behind us.

I should have thought of that. I’ll call it off. You drive. I’ll

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