[Anthology] Abby & Sei Thriller Starter
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Amiti removed gas masks from his duffle bag and handed them out. A minute later, Berisha shot the lock on the front door, and they filed inside. “Spread out. Find her!” he ordered.
There were signs that Sei had been there. The comforter on the bed was ruffled, and the pillow dented. Dirty dishes lay in the sink. A used mug sat on the desk in the office. Amiti had not been wrong when he told Berisha she had returned.
But a few minutes of searching confirmed what Berisha had wanted to avoid. He kicked the back door open and ripped his mask off. “Are you sure you didn’t see her?” he shouted to his men who were tasked with preventing Sei from escaping from the rear of the home.
“We saw no one.”
Berisha headed back inside. “Search again. Look everywhere!”
I watched the debacle unfold from the security of the tree line, about fifty yards out from the rear of the cottage. I had purposely cleared the vegetation so, if need be, I would have an unobstructed view of my cottage from a safe distance. It also helped that I had a false bottom in my closet covering an underground tunnel that stretched to the forest. The exit door was hidden under a hollow plastic boulder. Had I not woken up to use the bathroom and change the bandages on my wound, their plan might have worked.
From a tiny window in the bathroom, I had heard the snap of a branch and the hushed voices speaking in Albanian. I took a peek and spotted three men walking behind the cottage. The gang had finally caught up with me.
I had left the bathroom and made my way to the front of the cottage and spied a larger group of men. I had barely enough time to grab my “go bag,” before escaping through the underground tunnel. Inside of it, I kept a change of clothes, a few select weapons, identification, and a stash of euros.
I eyed the cottage for a few more seconds. My safe house had been compromised. I had always hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but it had. I glanced at the timer on my watch. Any second now.
A moment later, there was a bright flash followed by a loud booming sound and then darkness. The trigger I had built to set off the C4 I had wired throughout the walls of the cottage worked. There was enough moonlight to see that the structure was obliterated along with any evidence of me having lived there.
Blowing up the gang. It was raw, unsophisticated, far from covert, and a little Kostas-like. I wasn’t above doing what I needed to do to finish a job. I had a new motivation in my life, one that would reflect in my decisions and actions from that point forward. If you asked me, the explosion was symbolic. It signified a new Sei. Locating and reuniting with my daughter had become my purpose in life. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I slung the backpack of gear over my shoulders and ran in the opposite direction. I wasn’t sure to where, but it would be far away from there. I was starting over again.
New identity.
New safe house.
New Sei.
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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the author, Ty Hutchinson.
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