Betrayal
Copyright© 2011 by michael-wolfam
Chapter 33
The snowstorm was slowing by the time they reached the car, but the temperature had plummeted drastically. Finn started the Starfire and Liv cranked the heater up as far as it would go. "Well what now?" She shivered slightly.
"You want to go check out this house that Seth was talking about?"
Liv hesitated. "This is probably a really bad idea, but what the hell. Let's see if those bastards are home." Finn nodded and put the car in gear. The only other tracks in the fresh snow had been left by the Sheriff's MATTRACKS. The slick roads made their journey take three times longer than it normally would have taken.
"Don't stop. Just drive past." Liv scoped out the darkened, two-story, Victorian house. The only vehicle in the driveway was a white pickup truck. None of the snow around the house or in the driveway had been disturbed. There was no sign of life.
A truck appeared behind them and Finn sped up slightly to get out of its way. Soon, they left the house behind and passed the Three Crosses Rehabilitation Center and the turnoff to the Sheriff's house. The headlights filling the rear windshield disappeared as the tailgating truck turned and headed to the Sheriff's house.
"There's our black van!" Finn pointed to the Sheriff's driveway.
"Fucking A! Sheriff seems to know the whole crew," Liv exclaimed. "Turn around up ahead. Since they're all hanging out at the Sheriff's, let's go raid their place."
Finn nodded, found an empty driveway to turn around in and proceeded back to the darkened house that Seth had directed them to.
Max was pissed. He hated these damn meetings at the Sheriff's house and always showed up late. To top it off, he had been forced to drive one of the older mining company trucks because his Jeep, which they had discovered at the local salvage yard the night before, was in no shape to drive. Max was even later to the meeting than usual because he had been stuck behind a slow convertible on the way over.
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