Today’s
excerpt is from The Zimo Hunt, Book #2 of the nine-book Asps Series. Dusty, Bear and Kye get a ride. Enjoy and have a wonderful day.
m.j.
At about the
same time Bruce spoke, Bear was walking up to a truck which had stopped as he
waved at it. Dusty, Bear, and Kye had
decided when any vehicle came along, heading in their direction, it would be
flagged down by Bear and Kye, with Dusty standing a distance from the vehicle,
with his back turned. Bear had a skin
tone of the area, as did Kye. Both had
substantial Hispanic blood, though neither was full-blooded Hispanic…Kye being
half, and Bear three-quarters. Once they
had reached the road they were looking for, and their plan hatched, they simply
waited until a truck came along, with Dusty riding in the back and not showing
his face, therefore giving lie to the three of them being either Pakistani or
Afghans.
When the driver
of the truck looked out his window at Bear, he was greeted politely in
Urdu. The man shrugged and replied in
Pashto, saying he understood Urdu, but spoke it poorly. Bear acknowledged that and replied in
Pashto, “I am grateful, for I have trouble with Urdu myself. I wonder if my friends and I could get a ride
in your direction?”
The man
nodded. “Yes, of course. But there is really only room for one of you
in the front.”
Bear smiled, and
gave words of thanks, then added, “I will ride in the front. The others can ride in the back.” In a louder voice, he ordered, “In the back,
your two—we don’t want to keep this kind man waiting.”
Dusty, who had
ambled to the rear of the truck, and Kye, who was standing near Bear but
further away from the cab of the truck, were soon climbing in the rear. Kye situated herself so the driver would have
trouble seeing past her to look at Dusty, who sat with his back to the cab,
with his legs hanging off the back of the truck. Bear, meanwhile, hurried around the truck and
climbed in alongside the driver.
The driver
glanced through the rear window. “The
lady is very attractive. Is she your
wife?”
“No. My sister, and is engaged to the man in the
back with her.”
“Pity.”
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