Chapter 16
She walked calmly up the driveway and into the parking lot, the end of the rope tight in one hand and her gun pointed at Mikey, who walked sullenly on the end of the makeshift leash. They were lucky. It was freezing cold out here, but no snow, and no ice. Even one patch of ice in the wrong spot and this whole plan would be over in a heartbeat. Someone spotted her and shouted to his friend. The two guys marched over.
“I found a late comer,” she said, trying to sound tough. She gave the rope a little yank, and Mikey let out a convincing whine.
“Who are you?” the first man said. “I don’t recognize you.”
“It’s the middle of the night,” she said. There were no overhead lights in the parking lot, and they were far enough back from the building yet that they were in pretty deep sha
