Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Tawny Taylor Carpe Nocturne 2: Kiss Me, Kill Me - 9 <br />
Unable to let the poodle outside to conduct its business yet, he went back to his<br />
room to handle his.<br />
Working quickly, he pulled the suitcase out from under his bed, went to the<br />
closet and removed the hidden panel. Didn’t take more than a few minutes to gather<br />
the cash from its hiding place, pack it in the bag, gather a growling, snapping dog and<br />
head for the door. It took a whole lot longer to convince the fur ball to shut up and stop<br />
trying to take off his digits so that he felt safe enough to head outside.<br />
He was smack dab in the middle of the building’s front yard when the headlights<br />
hit him.<br />
“I’ve got you!” Miko shouted. “Stop!”<br />
Blinded by the glare, Burke ran as fast as he could, in the opposite direction of<br />
Isabella, Sylvie and the car. As he tripped and stumbled over lawn ornaments and lowlying<br />
shrubberies, he put up a silent prayer to the gods that the women hadn’t been<br />
found.<br />
The dog stiffened but showed the rare wisdom not to start yapping. At a full run,<br />
Burke headed around a corner at the end of the block and into the small patch of woods<br />
that cut the apartment complex into two. He stayed in the woods, dodging trees as he<br />
ran, until he had gone to the end. He stopped just before stepping out onto the paved<br />
street.<br />
He saw no sign of a car coming. Heard nothing behind him. No snapping twigs<br />
or rustling leaves. Had Miko given up so easily? Although it would have been nice,<br />
Burke didn’t believe that for a minute.<br />
Being extra careful to stay in the shadows, he walked down the residential street,<br />
heading back toward the parking lot where he’d left the car. It was a long friggin’ walk,<br />
especially while carrying a squirmy, dribbling poodle. The little beast was the most<br />
nervous animal he’d ever seen. Lost its bladder control at the slightest noise. Sure<br />
helped him, though. It was a particularly substantial leak that alerted him to the fact<br />
that there was a car coming up behind them with its headlights off.<br />
Burke was able to duck behind a hedge and hide until Miko had driven by.
Change language