CHAPTER 31Another streetlight, this one also on the same side of the road but closer to where they stood, went dark with a crash. That was followed by the one next to where they stood. The pole of this one did not fall, but Mara heard pieces of glass and metal fall to the pavement. It was difficult to look straight up, with the rain coming down so hard. She pointed past the smoldering pile that was Bohannon’s car toward the still-strobing blue lights coming from the patrol car wedged between the guardrails and pylons below the overpass.
“Let’s make a run for it. We can’t stay out here in the open,” Mara said.
The others nodded, and they all stepped over the guardrail at the edge of the median. Sam stopped and pointed into the air across the road. “Look. It’s him. He’s knocking out all th
