Chapter 30
EDDIE sprang out of the car and came round to the driver’s side, the gun trained on me as I opened the door.
‘Over there.’
He nodded in the direction of the creek. I got out of the car, leaving the keys in the ignition. I closed the car door and willed my trembling legs to move. Eddie followed close behind me. He didn’t appear to have noticed that I had left the keys in the ignition. Or if he had, he didn’t regard it of any consequence. I darted a glance at Frankie through the front windscreen. Her eyes met mine, her expression not changing one iota. But I knew she knew what to do.
It was eerily quiet. Just the leaves rustling in the wind and the faint burble of the creek. The beating in my chest soared above them all, filling my ears.
‘Any particular spot?’ I asked Eddie o
