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"Thank God, you okay?"

"I'h okay I'm on a back street"

"I'm in my vehicle now and already halfway there Which way did you turn after you busted through?"

"Left, I guess"

"Okay, that's away from town Make a U-turn and head back Stay on that back road I'll cut over and ht in front of you in a couple of minutes Then you'll be safe"

"Well, don't hit ht is out" Before she could turn, there was a thunderous crash With a bouncing flash of headlights, the huge vehicle roared down the slope just behind her She pushed the accelerator pedal hard against the floorboard The tires spun on the dirt road for a second, then caught, and the little car shot ahead down the dark back road

"He's onout into the country This car could outrun hih the windshield"

"Don't try to speed on that dirt road, there's a roadside canal along there Just try to keep in front of hirabbed his microphone, "Dispatch this is David Three Code three Request you get an a west on Milkrun Road, west of the Jardin Café Not on the hway, on Milkrun! I'll tell you how far west in aout here David Three en route"

She barreled ahead on the unfaht and a cracked windshield "He's gaining on me Really close now He's enormous, I'm just a little speck co down onht over o dead He was now on Milkrun Road His siren blared as he sped down the dirt road He strained to see any taillights ahead He pushed his speed As he passed behind the restaurant, there was no time to swerve to miss the broken fence boards in the road He rumbled across them like train tracks

Ahead noas a loall of dust His headlights glared back fro hi wheel with his fist He strained to stare ahead into the swirling blur, forced to drive h the dust, he could uided by those taillights, he started gaining Goddard had drag raced on this road in his teens He knew every bump and curve Dust or no dust, he could catch any vehicle made on this road