If he might sluggish sufficient, he might use the emergency brake to do the remaining. But when he tried it on the pace he was going now, he’d lose management.

Didn’t assist that automobiles stored getting in his approach.

And that he’d simply reached a hill. That he was going to go down.

The peak on the prime of the hill gave him a birds’ eye view of the visitors forward. Three vehicles in entrance of him, then a quick hole earlier than the oncoming visitors would attain him.

He hoped.

His automotive slid down the hill, gaining pace.

The rear of the pickup truck in entrance of him got here up quick.

He darted round, letting the plummet give him the pace he wanted to cross the pickup, then the 2 vehicles forward of that.

The oncoming semi gained pace quicker than he’d hoped.

Nice time to drive ten miles over the restrict, pal.

Hawthorne glanced over his shoulder, looking forward to the split-second he cleared the entrance automotive.

There.

He darted again into the best lane because the semi driver blared the horn.

If solely an uphill would observe, however the street laid out flat as an alternative, letting Hawthorne’s automotive maintain its pace.

He pumped the brakes once more, getting a bit of assist from half the braking system.

A series-link fence on the best bordered what seemed to be an industrial property. Seemed like one of the best help he was going to get.

He stored pumping the brakes as he neared the fence.

He angled the wheel simply sufficient to ship his automotive over the curb, onto the empty sidewalk the place he might line up the passenger facet with the fence.

As gently as he might, he aimed his automotive towards the fence.

A scraping sound made him grit his tooth. His automotive would by no means be the identical.

He angled away, then again to the fence, letting the scrape of metallic on metallic sluggish the automotive till he might safely apply the emergency brake.

The automotive lastly stopped.

And Hawthorne breathed.

Thank the Lord he hadn’t damage anybody.

He pushed open the motive force’s door and stood, adrenaline nonetheless coursing by his veins. No approach was that from worn brake pads.

He dropped to the grass between the sidewalk and the fence and pulled his smartphone from his pocket. Turning on the flashlight operate, he shined it underneath the automotive.

Positive sufficient. The brake traces had clearly been lower and had been moist with splattered brake fluid that ought to’ve been on the within.

Pulling again from the automotive, he bought to his toes. Who would wish to tamper along with his brakes?

The creator of the threatening notice from the night time earlier than? Somebody from the cult? Possibly he’d shaken up Patch as a lot as he’d hoped. Pushed the conman to do one thing concerning the risk Hawthorne introduced. Patch might’ve had somebody go away the notice on Hawthorne’s automotive, too. Deliberately utilizing Greatest Life stationery to ship a transparent message.

Hawthorne had left voicemail messages with two of Sam’s pals whose names he’d gotten from Rebekah. He hadn’t been capable of finding a quantity or location for the third one but. Possibly Hawthorne was getting too near the reality about Sam, and Patch or another person wished to cease him.

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