Chapter Fifteen
“Who are you?” Jason asked. “Why are you
doing this?”
“We’ll talk about it later. Down the stairs.
All the way to the bottom. You’ll have to go out the back.”
“It’s locked.” Kristie said.
“It’ll open from the inside. Fire
regulations.”
“Don’t they have someone watching there,
too?”
“Probably.” She nodded as she led the way
down the stairs, past the first floor to the basement.
“So how do we get away?” Jason asked as they
reached the bottom. She stopped in front of the door, pulled a cell
phone from her pocket, pushed a number, and spoke into it.
“Now.”
To them, she said, “Diversion.” Within
moments, they heard a series of sharp, quick explosions. “Probably
won’t pull them all away,” she said, “but enough to give you a
chance.”
“Why help us?” Jason asked.
