Chapter 24
Shit. s**t, s**t, s**t!
“Jen, get in the f*****g car,” Eli breathed out of the corner of his mouth.
The ringleader sneered.
“How about you give us the keys first, huh? C’mon, mate, think straight. Give us the keys, nobody has to get hurt.”
“She’s pregnant, you stupid fucks.”
One of them shrugged. “One born every minute, ain’t there?”
Eli heard the catch of the car door give, then the heavy thud of Jenny shutting herself in.
“Lock the doors, Jen!” he yelled at her, but she’d—stupidly—gotten back into her own car, and if not even the electrics would start…shit, did she have manual locking?
“God, you’re a dense f**k, aren’t you?” the boy said. His voice was thin and reedy, barely having broken.
Eli backed right up against the frame of the car, the edge of the roof digging
