06 Uncovering Hidden Treasure by Karen Ward Read Free Book Online Page B

her throwing her in the back seat and speeds
away.
    Goose jumps out of his truck and yells, "Hey,
stop!" The truck speeds away with Sam inside. Damn! He follows as
quickly as he can speeding after the extended cab truck. He calls
Scoot.
    "Scoot."
    "Sorry man, but we've got trouble. Someone
just snatched Sam off of the street. It looked like two men. They
are speeding deeper into the park in a dark colored extended cab
truck. It's either dark blue, dark green, or black. I'm trying to
follow but I don't know these roads."
    "All right, I'll call the FBI and the local
police. Try to stay with them. We'll be there as soon as we
can."
    Scoot disconnects with Goose and calls the
other guys. They all meet at the helipad within minutes. Stump's
heart is pounding with fear. Someone grabbed Sam. He prays it is
not Zeke and Jeb. Please God, keep her safe!
    Flying over the park in the helicopter they
zero in on Goose's GPS locator in his truck. They haven't been able
to make contact with him since leaving the ranch. They find his
truck sitting wrecked in a ditch on the side of the road deep in
the park.
    Scoot says, "Damn! Pinky get ready, I'm going
to lower you down. Then we'll make a pass around the area and see
if we can locate the other truck."
    When Pinky reaches the ground he finds Goose
unconscious in the driver's seat of his truck. Checking him over he
finds a bump on the side of his head where he evidently hit the
side window when he ran off in the ditch. He doesn't see any other
injuries so he uses smelling salts and is able to wake him.
    He asks, "Goose, buddy, are you all
right?"
    Goose says, "Yeah, I must have hit my head.
Damn, I lost the truck with Sam! Pinky, you should see her. I sure
understand why Stump didn't recognize her, she is absolutely
gorgeous. She has an hour glass figure, beautiful hair ...
    Pinky interrupts, "You better hope Evelyn
doesn't hear you talking like that. She'll kick you out of the
house on your sorry ass."
    Blushing Goose says, "No, I don't mean it
like that. I love Evelyn more than anything, you know that. Let's
see if we can get this truck out of the ditch." The truck didn't
sustain any obvious damage but was stuck in the deep ditch.
    A little later Pinky radios Scoot, "Goose
appears to be all right. He got a bump on his head and was
unconscious when I got to him. We were able to get the truck out of
the ditch so we're going to drive down this road a ways and see if
we can determine where they went. If we don't find anything we'll
head back to the ranch. Have you seen anything from up there?"
    Scoot says, "No, everything is too dark. We
did get a hit on the infrared camera about two miles from your
location but we couldn't really tell anything about it before it
disappeared. It looked like three people though. It was there one
minute and gone the next. We're heading back to the ranch. We'll
resume our search in the morning."
    Stump's heart is pounding with guilt and
dread. Sam is missing and he is so afraid it was Zeke and Jeb that
kidnapped her. They are some bad dudes and Zeke is obsessed with
her. He can't bear to think about what horrible things they'll do
to her. Please God, protect her! He's got to find her! This is
entirely his fault!
    ******
    Samantha looks down the road both directions
looking for Zeke and Jeb's truck as she is leaving the bar. She
doesn't see it and relieved starts across the road toward home. So
she is completely surprised when a truck speeds up behind her, a
man grabs her and throws her into the back seat. The breath is
knocked out of her and she loses consciousness for a brief time.
Now her hands and feet are tied and a rag is stuffed in her mouth.
She is even more surprised that it is not Zeke and Jeb. She doesn't
think she has ever seen these two men before.
    Whoever they are, they are driving like
maniacs and cursing about someone following them. She can't imagine
who would even know she's been kidnapped and this time she doesn't
have her GPS locater. Her jeans