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Parveen Aziza
Date: 12/11/2023, Categories: Reluctance Author: jxa2012
... calling the elevator. We took the elevator to the underground parking floor, and he ran to his car, still holding my hand. It was a heavy Mercedes SUV, and he gunned the motor as he drove out, tires squealing. Just as he swung into the road, we saw another car in the parking lot switch on its lights and back out. “Merkulov must have had security guys ready in the parking lot,” said Jack. “He’s just called them.” “What will we do, Jack?” I asked in a panic. “Those guys know Moscow roads a lot better than me,” he replied. “There’s no way I can get away from them.” “Omigod! Omigod!” I cried. He looked in the rearview again. “From the headlights, it looks like a Beemer, X5. Lighter than this G-wagon.” He glanced over at me. “Cinch your seatbelt on tight. Hold on to the armrest with one hand and the ceiling strap with the other. Hang on tight.” He took his foot off the gas and slowed to let our pursuers get closer. He pulled over to the right opening a lane for them and they accelerated up. ...
... Their passenger windows were open and there were men in the front and back seats. They both had guns pointed at us. Jack swerved at them before they could fire. Our SUV hit theirs at an acute angle with a crash of metal on metal. Our heavier vehicle forced theirs into the barriers, and I heard the screeching sound of their car being scraped along the concrete. I could see the sparks off the metal of their SUV body on the rough surface. Jack jammed the gas pedal to the floor, our engine roared, and just like that, their vehicle flipped over. Jack swerved back and accelerated away. I looked back over my shoulder and saw a flame shoot out of their car and then a heavy explosion. “That should buy us enough time,” said Jack. He drove straight to the airport and around to the private jet terminal. An hour later, we were buckling on our seatbelts and listening to the whine of the corporate jet engines spooling up. Ten more minutes and we were airborne. When we reached cruising altitude and the seatbelt...