The Planck Factor - Chapter 12

CHAPTER TWELVE

Jessica

The fact that Alexis and Swede ended up crawling out a bathroom window in order to escape the strange people in the van parked outside their motel room, was an irony not lost on me. After I fled down the alley and made my way back to my car, I went straight home and threw a few essentials into a small bag.

I wanted to get as far out of town as possible. I’d have to dip into my small savings and rely on Visa for the rest, but I had to get away from those men. The police couldn’t act as my personal bodyguards, and Fred was dead—beyond anyone’s help now. I considered my parents, who lived in the Bay Area, but I didn’t want to go running home, possibly bringing trouble with me. And San Francisco didn’t seem far enough away.