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Wild Ways
Book: Wild Ways Read Online Free
Author: Tina Wainscott
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especially since she no longer had a job. Her employer could only tolerate her absences for so long, no matter the reason. And people weren’t particularly sympathetic when they learned her sister had run off with a biker gang. Even her own family.
    Mollie held back the wall of despair that threatened to crash down on her. Shedidn’t need anyone’s help. She didn’t need anyone at all.
Well, that’s good, since you don’t have anyone
.
    And there came the Latino popping into her mind again. She pushed him and his warnings away as she pulled around to the back of the building. The windows had been filled in with concrete. Though the front of the bar had some semblance of being clean, the back sported bottles, cigarette butts, and stains that looked as though the wall had served as a handy urinal. As soon as she doused her headlights, most of the debris melted into darkness. Distant lights cast a dim glow, so she could still see her surroundings.
    She pulled out her Ruger and felt the reassuring weight of the small revolver. God, would she have ever thought that she’d own a gun? That she would have taken a concealed permit class? That she’d have lost her sister?
    Twenty minutes later, she heard what was now becoming a familiar rumble as one headlight swept around the corner. Her heart thudded, feeling as though it weighed fifty pounds in her chest. The twist of hope and fear was becoming almost normal. She tucked her .38 Special away and made sure the fifty-dollar bill was still in the pocket on the other side. She’d wasted a lot of money paying for information that had led to nowhere. But if there was a chance of finding Diana, she would spend her last dime.
    She got out of the car, squinting at the blinding headlight. Her engine was still running. The silhouette behind that light took his time killing the engine and dismounting. As he approached, she could tell that it wasn’t Billy Bob. The guy was too big. Adrenaline buzzed in her veins. She stopped herself from holding her hand over the gun but kept it close.
    “Mollie Reagan?” he asked.
    She wanted to ask what happened to Billy Bob but didn’t dare say his name. “Yes.” She also knew there was no point in asking for this person’s name.
    “Billy Bob got tied up, so he asked me to relay a message.”
    The back door of the bar opened, and another man stepped out. He lit up a cigarette as he closed the door and headed toward the vacant lot beyond. Her instincts were screaming now.
    She curled her fingers over the door handle. “I didn’t want to get him in any trouble.”
    The guy who’d been on the bike laughed. “Oh, he’s not in trouble. Dude doesn’t have a care in the world. But you do.”
    She drew her weapon. Being a double-action revolver, it had no safety or hammer to cock. “Back off.”
    She opened her door and dropped into the driver’s seat. As she started to throw the car into gear, she had only a glimpse of a shadow, the smell of body odor, before someone grabbed her from the passenger seat. The guy who’d walked out had slipped into her car!
    One nicotine-scented hand latched on to her gun; the other tried to wrap around her throat. Her door opened, and the first guy yanked her out of the car.
    “I haven’t got her gun yet, Greaser,” the guy to her right yelled.
    A gunshot split the air. They were shooting at her! But the gunfire had come from a short distance away, and the guy at her door dropped with an
oof
. Blood splattered across her arm. The guy to her right took advantage of her shock and lunged for her gun. Another shot shattered the rear window and tore through the headrest of the passenger seat. He screamed and released his hold on her, ducking down as he held his head.
    The bar’s back door opened and more men spilled out. They were hulking shadows in the dim light, but she recognized the glint of guns and knives. Gunfire sprayed the door, sending them diving.
    On top of everything else, could she be caught in a
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