86Stucky came back around the vehicle. His hands were filled with various tools. From her hiding spot, Maggie could see only a sliver of him in the side mirror. She couldn’t see Carly, but silently she implored the girl, please don’t give me away.
In the mirror, Maggie watched Stucky. Before he even looked toward the girl he noticed that Maggie was gone.
“What the hell?”
She rushed up behind him just as he started to turn. The first swing of the bat caught his shoulder.
Not a good hit.
But it knocked him off balance and took him by surprise. The tools in his arms clattered to the concrete floor.
“Damn it, you b***h!”
He started to bend over to pick something up. Maggie tightened her grip and swung again. This one hit him in the side of the head.
He wiped at the blood and when his e
