Chapter 38
About four miles from the encounter with the bandits, the ground surrounding the roadway was wide and flat enough for Jianjun to hide the van among the brush and shrubs. That was where he told Michael he’d wait. He, Kira, and Renata took turns keeping watch along the road for Michael and the guides. It was dark when the two guides reached them. The guides insisted Michael had safely evaded the bandits because they saw the bandits change the tire he had shot out, and leave the way they’d come. They had no idea, however, where Michael had gone. They also refused to do any more “guiding.” Renata drove them back to a tiny village some five miles away and paid them more money for their trouble.
Jianjun didn’t like any of this. There was something about those bandits that was too vi
