Chapter 259

“Go call your parents,” she told Sabrina quickly. “Tell them to let Creighton know we changed cars.”

“But he’ll catch us.”

“I’ll stand watch. Now hurry. I’ll start getting the things he wants.”

Sabrina nodded, swallowing hard then went to the small payphone on the wall beside two video games. Sandra collected the juice for her and Sabrina and several bags of chips, crackers and chocolate before going to the cooler with the beer. There were single bottles, cans and cartons with glass or aluminum cans, she just didn’t know which one to get. Thinking about how the coffee affected him, she smiled and took a carton with a dozen twelve-ounce dark brown bottles and carried them to the counter. Sabrina joined her barely five seconds before Bachmeier stepped up behind them. She placed a package of gum on the counter when he narrowed his gaze to her, covering her absence from Sandra’s side.

They paid for the items with Sandra’s card and carried them back to the car and once again climbed into