WHAT?!

“Yes, I can drink because I didn’t drink half a bottle, ya idiot.” Carson shakes his head. “Yeah, I’m hot alright – hot enough to belt your behind for making a scene then getting shnockered.”

He tosses a brown paper bag in the back seat, and steps closer. “Now come on, move over!”

Seeing Misty’s sluggishness, he reaches down and pulls her put of the car into his arms, containing the groan from the pain it causes his ribs. Carrying her to the other side of the car, he manages to get the door open, then deposits her in the passenger seat. Bending over her, he pulls the seatbelt across and fastens it.

Pausing before he straightens though, he gives her cheek a gentle tweak with his thumb. “What am I going to do with you, huh?” Sighing, he finally withdraws and shuts the door.

Going around to the driver’s side, Carson slips inside and starts the engine, peeling out of the driveway with a squeal of rubber.


“He did WHAT?!?!” Reese stands in his office, the door open and his shout reverberates through the main floor. “You cannot be serious! What kind of idiots do you have working down there?!”

He slams his briefcase onto his desk, his phone in hand. “You mean to tell me that not only is Carson missing, but it was MY NIECE who broke him out?! No, I will not calm down! This is completely uncalled for! No, I’m coming down there NOW and you WILL get your men on the road to start looking for them!”


Jason’s eyes flutter open and he blinks in the dim light. He hurt from head to toe. Turning his head, he saw it was after five in the morning. Licking his dry lips, he spots Katie asleep in the chair and has to shake his head a little bit. “You better get up,” he whispers. “You got church in a while.”


Carson leans against the outside of the car and throws his cigarette on the ground to crush it under his boot. Looking around the roadside reststop, he’s glad not too many people are around.

Fingering his cell phone, he waits for it to ring. Zane should have called by now…