Rich managed to roll at the last second. The tree limb Huntsman was using as a makeshift club slammed onto the ground next to his ear. The man raised the limb again, ready to pound the detective into mush, when Rich lashed out with his right foot. The heel of his shoe caught the guy directly in the family jewels. Huntsman wheezed, a whine of pain coming from his throat as the wind was knocked out of him, and he dropped the limb to grab his crotch with both hands. That gave Rich plenty of time to draw his weapon from the holster and aim it at the man’s midriff.
“Give it up, Huntsman!”
To his complete shock, instead of surrendering, Huntsman took off running into the woods. Rich stared at the path the man was taking. He was heading back toward the main road. His first instinct was to go af
