Under Fire. Carol Ericson

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       Chapter Six

      Ava buried her head beneath a pillow and ran her tongue along her teeth. She needed a toothbrush and a meal.

      “Are you awake?”

      Lifting one corner of the pillow, she peered out at Max sitting in front of a tablet computer at the table by the window. “What time is it?”

      He flicked back the heavy drapes and a spear of sunlight sliced through the room. “It’s around ten o’clock. You must be hungry. When was the last time you ate?”

      “I had my dinner at the lab before...before everything went down.”

      “That was a long time ago.”

      “An eternity. A lifetime.” She retreated beneath the pillow. How was she supposed to do this with Max? Why did her life always manage to get upended?

      She heard his footsteps across the room and the crackle of plastic.

      “I went down to the little store in the hotel and bought you a few things.”

      “A new life?”

      The silence yawned from across the room and engulfed her. She tossed the pillow away from her and sat up.

      Max stood in the center of the room, a plastic bag dangling at his side. “You don’t need to do this, Ava. In fact, I’m going to take you to the airport right now. I’ll pay for a ticket anywhere you want to go. Then you can call the CIA or whatever number the lab gave you in case of an emergency and you can forget about all of this.”