Chapter Fourteen
A Desperate Man
Jessica watched the door of the house swing open. There he stood in the doorway, dressed in his uniform with a gun in his hand.
“Please, he’s coming for me right now,” she pleaded into the microphone. “He’s got a gun. He’s going to drag me out of the car. You have to send help.”
She saw him approaching the passenger side of the cruiser and slid quickly across the seat as she threw down the microphone. The door across from her flung open and he stood in the opening like a vengeful demon. Throwing open the other door, Jessica leapt from the car and hit the ground running down the driveway away from him.
“Stop, or I will f*****g blow your head off right now!” he yelled behind her.
The gun cracked behind her and a bullet struck the ground before her. She
