Chapter 77

“You know I do not like games, didn’t cousin tell you? So you better come out.” He barked. “It is a pity that you got dragged into this mess. The funny thing is I do not forgive those who poke their fingers at me...”

She moved along the rear of a sedan and peered around the other side, checking before she dashed across an empty parking spot. A flash of motion caught her eye, and she yanked her head back. Looking under the car, she saw Jim’s shoes. For a moment, she froze and checked the wind direction. Northwest. She was upwind. She stopped breathing but knew it would not matter if she did not make any noise. He would smell her. He had to. Unless he was too adamant to use his sense of smell. The sneakers passed the other end of the sedan and kept moving. Jim did not even pause.

She closed her eyes and exhaled slowly. He was not using his nose. One less concern. She waited until his shoes vanished, then kept moving down the narrow passage between the two rows of parked ca