Chapter 7 - ESCAPE TO SAVANNAH
Detective Jackson stepped directly into the deputy's path, drawing his badge. "This warrant was issued without an evidentiary hearing! I am placing a federal hold on this minor!"
While Jackson distracted the deputies, Nora grabbed Ethan’s hand and bolted through the kitchen rear service exit.
They ran down the dark, rain-soaked alleyway behind the building, their footsteps splashing through mud.
Nora threw open the passenger door of Jackson’s unmarked sedan, shoving Ethan inside before sliding into the driver's seat.
She hotwired the ignition switch using the spare keys Jackson kept under the dashboard panel.
The sedan's engine roared to life, its tires screeching as Nora sped onto the main highway heading south toward Savannah, Georgia.
In the backseat, Ethan looked out the rear window at the fading city lights of Charleston.
"Mommy, are they going to chain me again?" Ethan asked in a small, trembling voice.
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Nora looked at him through the rearview mirror, her knuckles white on the steering wheel. "Never again, baby. I promise you."
She pressed her foot down on the accelerator, crossing the state line into Georgia under cover of heavy thunder.
