Chapter 18“News crews are spread thin. I gotta cover a story for Top O' The Hour.”
“What's happened?”
“The fireworks factory in Creighton just blew.” Joe had already taken the turn headed out of town. “Danged! Just too many fires.” He glanced into his rearview mirror and suddenly pulled off the road.
Fire trucks sounding blast horns, bells and sirens passed them at such speeds it made the Range Rover rock sideways. Then more trucks passed. The closer Abi and Joe got to the area of the fire, which sent up explosive flashes and smoke and ash in the distance, the more firefighting equipment they heard approaching from all directions.
Abi leaned forward trying to see ahead. “This is a bad one.”
“July Fourth is less than two months away. That factory must have been piled to the rafters wit
