Chapter 06: Out of Bounds

Alexa and Curt sat in a lane of thirty cars waiting for Border Patrol to allow them into the country. Less than 24-hours ago, her family had been attacked by unknown thugs. Now here they were, waiting in line to get their revenge. And while it would have been ideal to fly to their destination, which was also Curt’s suggestion, Alexa wanted to be able to get in and out as quickly as possible.

Prologue: One False Move

It was quiet again but, Detective Dennis Fuller knew that wouldn’t last long. Like the proverbial calm before the storm, he suspected his assailants were repositioning in order to surround and trap him before the bullets started flying.

Ducked behind a concrete wall, he watched as the blood finally stopped leaching from his CI’s head. Sprawled in the middle of the street like roadkill, his body was riddled with bullet holes from the ambush and it was only a matter of time before the same thing happened to him.

Shit! He needed to get off the street. Detective Fuller took a look around the area, counted down from five and made a mad dash toward the loading docks. Jumping the fence, he entered through a backdoor and quickly located a place to hide.