Chapter 8 - The High Speed Pursuit Along The Highway
Julian didn't hesitate; he raised a heavy handgun, firing two rounds through Mark's truck grill before hitting the gas pedal to ram him again.
Mark slammed his transmission into reverse, backing down the foggy highway lane before turning sharply into an emergency exit ramp.
His heavy truck roared as the engine accelerated up the incline, breaking onto the city streets of the Back Bay neighborhood.
Julian followed aggressively, the black SUV clipping parked cars as the engine screamed through the narrow, brick-lined residential avenues.
Mark reached into his center console, grabbing a small handheld GPS tracking fob that was linked to Vanessa’s gold iPhone.
When he had taken her phone earlier in the kitchen, he had quietly enabled his family locator protocol without her realizing it.
The glowing screen showed Vanessa's phone moving rapidly north along Route 1, heading toward an abandoned marina near Marblehead.
"She isn't fleeing the state... she's meeting Julian at the docks to board a boat!" Mark muttered to himself, stepping on the gas pedal.
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He bypassed his office entirely, speeding over the Tobin Bridge as the lights of downtown Boston faded into the foggy distance behind him.
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