Page 80 of Fatal Betrayal

"I think it's a bathroom at a baseball field. There shouldn't be anyone there at this time of night."

"Unless whoever got into the safe house knows about the tunnel and the exit."

"Unless that," she agreed. "I have the gun. Let me go first."

"I'm already here. And I don't think one gun is going to be enough. There were at least two people, maybe more at the house."

He pushed up the door, which reached a certain level of opening and then sprang open. He climbed up and onto a floor. Using his own phone for light, he looked around. They were in a bathroom, in what had once been a stall but was now empty.

Andi climbed up behind him. He pushed the stall door open. The bathroom was dark.

"Let's keep the lights off," she murmured.

He clicked off his phone and they let their eyes adjust to the dim light coming through a tall window. Then they walked past a urinal trough and a couple of sinks to another door.

Andi got there before him. She motioned for him to open the door, while she readied her weapon.

He pulled the door open, and she slid out. He moved behind her. To their right was a backstop for a baseball field. To their left was a thick line of trees.

They moved through the dark shadows and into the trees, which were in the opposite direction of the safe house. A few yards later, the backyard of another house butted up against the trees. Andi hopped over a low fence, and he quickly followed. They headed through the yard without saying a word, and he couldn't help feeling like they were playing out one of their summer night adventures, only it wasn't summer, and this wasn't a game. This was very real.

Andi peeked through the side gate. "I don't see anyone."

"Do you know where we are?"

"Flynn said the ball field is a quarter mile south of the safe house."

"Did he happen to leave a car parked nearby?"

"He did. But I don't think we should take it."

"Why not? We need to get farther away."

"Someone knew the code to the safe house. They might know about the car."

"They haven't found us yet. Maybe they didn't know about the tunnel or the car." She didn't appear convinced. "What are our other options?"

She thought for a moment. "Let's walk."

"We're just going to walk down the street? That doesn't sound like the best plan."

"Well, we can stand here and argue until they find us," she snapped.

"Lead the way," he said.

She moved through the gate. Staying close to the houses, they made their way down the street. Like all the streets in this area, it was heavily wooded and not very well lit, which worked in their favor. In the distance he could see traffic lights and cars, and that was clearly where Andi was headed.

His heart jumped as a car came around the corner and pulled into a driveway. Andi froze behind a bush, which he didn't think would provide much cover from an array of bullets, but a man got out of the vehicle and went into his house.

They kept going, one block after the next, until they ended up on a busy street, and it was easier to blend in between people and cars.

A few minutes later, she moved into a bar, which was crowded and dimly lit. She turned to him. "What kind of cash do you have?"

He pulled out his wallet and checked the bills. "About a hundred and sixty bucks. But I've got plenty of cards."

"Give me twenty."

"What are you going to do?"

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