Chapter 13 - The River Crossing**
Instead of putting the truck in park, Ethan slammed the gear shifter into reverse, spinning the tires in a cloud of blue smoke.
The truck roared backward down the steep incline, dodging a pursuing police sedan that attempted to block the lane.
Ethan spun the wheel violently, executing a sharp J-turn onto an unpaved logging road that ran parallel to the river.
"Hold on tight, baby!" Ethan shouted as the truck bounced wildly over exposed roots and deep mud pits.
Behind them, the two black SUVs surged onto the dirt path, their high beams cutting through the dense pine trees.
The logging road ended abruptly at an abandoned wooden covered bridge that spanned the roaring mountain river below.
A heavy steel chain blocked the entrance to the bridge, bearing a rusted sign that read: *CONDEMNED - NO VEHICLES.*
Ethan didn't slow down for a single fraction of a second.
He hit the steel chain at forty miles per hour, the metal snapping like a twig as the truck crashed onto the rotting wooden planks.
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The structure groaned violently beneath the truck's weight as wood splinters flew in every direction.
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