Chapter 34

• Nova ducked behind a truck in the parking lot and then peeked around the bumper of it. They were still coming toward her, three of them. She bit her lip, there had been four, where did they other one go?
• When she told Bastian she was staying put, she’d forgotten about picking up her contact lenses this afternoon. She needed those. She’d been so careful, taking quiet streets to get there, ones that weren’t very busy with many pedestrians so she would have fair warning if any of the dark ones were nearby.
• Checking again, she ducked down and hurried along between the parked cars. She paused when she saw a police car go down the street. No. Going to them would just lead to many questions she couldn’t answer. If she could get out of this lot without them seeing her, there was a bus stop on the far corner. Normally she didn’t like taking the bus, but today was an exception. Any means to put space between her and them was a good one.