Chapter 275
Slater ran for the lobby and Elaine was right on his heels a moment later.
“ELAINE!” Lucas yelled from behind.
Slater turned to look at her as they got into the lobby. “You’re following me?”
“You need to get out of here somehow!” Elaine said, running for the doors and pulling them open. “My car should work.”
Slater sighed heavily and ran outside. Elaine saw Lucas coming. She pulled the door shut before turning and following Slater. He got to her car first, yanking it open and sliding into the driver’s seat.
“I can drive—“Elaine started.
“Not like I can. Hand me the keys!” Slater called.
Elaine tossed him the keys, and he got the car started as she got into the passenger seat. Lucas got to the bottom of the stairs and stopped, watching as the vehicle pulled out of the parking lot.
“That was risky,” Slater said, avoiding main streets and, more importantly, cameras, as he drove.
“Well, I wasn’t about to let you be arrested.” Elaine sighed heavily, pulling her phone out to turn the location off. “This is a mess…‘
“You didn’t need to be a part of it,” Slater said.
“You’ve helped me. I’m going to help you in return.”
“I helped you because you beat me at a card game,” Slater said with a grin. “It wasn’t exactly free.”
“You told me about Selim.”
His expression darkened. “Yeah…him.”
“I’m going after him.”
“Knew you were.‘
“Today.”
Slater turned to look at her, trying to tell if she was serious. She was. He looked back at the road, running a hand over his face. “You got a death wish, girl.”
“I’ve been lucky this far.” Elaine pulled up her emails, looking at the one from Harriet. “I have an address…care to join me now that you’re here?”
He chuckled. “Might as well. Keeps me off the streets. Away from officers, now that they’ll be looking.”
“Then let’s try and find Selim together.”
Slater sighed, glancing at the address on her phone before taking the next right.
Next stop, Selim’s old residence…
The house showed its years of abandonment, though it was slowly being repaired by the new owners. A
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