Chapter 24

“Come in,Jake.”

“We’re on our way back,ETA less than an hour.Josh has been shot,and we’ll need thedoctor.”

“Shot how?”

“We had a spot of trouble,and he took a bullet to the upper leg.Apparently,they shotthrough the door of the van.He’s got a tourniquet around his leg right now.”

“Is he okay,otherwise?”

“So he says.I can’t stop to help him,because we don’t know for sure if we’re beingpursued.There were two men at a barricade,and Josh winged one of them with his pistol.”

“Roger that,Jake.We’ll be watching for you.Base out.”

“Jake out.”

“You did that just right,”Josh said.“You gave him just enough information,but not too much.”

“How are you feeling?”

“I just gave myself a tiny injection to ease the pain.I’ll be okay until we get home.Any sign of pursuit?”

“Not as far as I can tell,”Jake said,“and I can see a long way behind us at the moment.Can I slow down just a bit?”