“The trail goes cold here.”
Kelwood’s voice was just audible over the rush of traffic. The four men stood at the side of a busy highway, the traffic screaming by them scant feet away. Not far from the warehouse, it was obviously the linkup to the major transport routes in the area.
“My guess would be that she hitched a lift from here on out. Which way though…can’t tell.” Kelwood turned his head, looking directly at Brett. “Sorry I can’t help more, man.”
For once the darkness was gone from his eyes, and something else flickered there. Sympathy, kinship. A shared agony. They both had women missing, out there in the darkness somewhere. Alone and without protection.
For Brett, the agony was bearable. In a way. His Julia was a fighter. Not a hardened soldier like some women he’d met, but sh
