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fast. “Your parents going to be okay with spending all this money?” he asked.
    â€œWe have previously agreed upon our financial deal,” Seth said, his tone, as usual, serious. “If your concern is . . .”
    Jack cut him off before he could finish. “My concern is that I got two kids with a wad of cash and a drop-off location in the middle of nowhere,” he responded. “Which in my book reads like a chapter called ‘Running Away.’”
    â€œJack Bruno,” Sara interrupted. “Those vehicles behind us are indicating a pattern of pursuit.”
    â€œAs a counter maneuver,” Seth added, “I would suggest you increase your velocity to maximum thrust.”
    â€œSpeeding? Not on your life. Speeding gets you tickets and tickets cost money,” Jack said as he looked at a stack of unpaid parking tickets on the passenger seat. “And if you don’t pay them off and you get one more ticket, you lose your license.” He looked over his shoulder at them. “Jack Bruno can’t lose his license.” He looked through the rear window and didn’t see any cars on the road.
    â€œBesides,” he added, “there are no vehicles behind us.”
    Just then a large black SUV came into view behind him. Suddenly two more SUVs appeared behind the first one.
    â€œAt your current rate of speed versus theirs,” Seth quickly computed, “they will overtake our vehicle in less than one mile.”
    Jack shook his head. “Just because they’re speeding, doesn’t mean they’re following us,” he assured them. “People speed.”
    Even though Jack had said it, he wasn’t exactly sure he was right. He checked the rearview mirror and saw that the cars were gaining fast.
    â€œI’m going to let them pass,” he said.
    Jack slowed down to forty-five miles per hour, expecting them to zip right by. Instead, the SUVs slowed down to match his speed.
    That was a little suspect. Still, he’d rather give them the benefit of the doubt. Jack rolled down his window and waved for them to pass. “Open road, people,” he called out. “It’s all yours.”
    He checked his side mirror, but they gave no indication of trying to pass. Definitely suspect. Squinting, he tried to get a glimpse of who was in the vehicle, but the windows were too tinted.
    The lead SUV started to pull up right alongside Jack’s cab. First it pulled up even with the backseat, so it seemed to Jack that whoever was inside could take a long look at Seth and Sara.Then it pulled up to the front seat so that they could look at Jack, too.
    Suddenly, the lead SUV pulled ahead and passed the cab. Jack breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the kids.
    â€œSee, what did I tell you?”
    But he had spoken too soon.
    â€œJack Bruno!” Sara yelled from the backseat as she pointed toward the windshield.
    Jack whipped around and saw the SUV perform a tricky maneuver that spun it around and had it coming to a stop directly in front of them.
    As Jack slammed on the brakes, another SUV purposely slammed into the back of their car.
    With amazing speed, Jack yanked on the emergency brake, causing the car to fishtail. Then he gunned the accelerator so that it spun back around. It was an expert maneuver that allowed the taxi to miss both vehicles. Clearly, Jack had more than just cab-driving experience.
    â€œGet down!” he ordered Sara and Seth.“Both of you! Now!”
    The SUVs kept chasing Jack, trying to squeeze him in.
    â€œHold on!” he warned the kids just before he slammed on the brakes again. When he did, the two SUVs that were about to push into the cab shot past them and slammed into each other instead. They spun out of control and flipped over onto the side of the highway.
    Once those two SUVs were out of the picture, Jack gunned the gas again and roared past them down the highway. There was only one vehicle left