"Barbara, I'm going to do everything in my power to save Katie and Max. Even if it costs me my life."

"Jake...I don't want anything to happen to you either."

I smiled. If I got out of this alive I was going to take her someplace special.

"A lot of people have tried fitting me for a wooden overcoat and I'm still here. Don't worry. I'll let you know the instant we have Katie secured."

I heard her breathe a premature sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Jake. And please, be careful."

"Always," I said as I hung up the phone...

Drabble published August 29, 2020 04:26

Christopher over 3 years ago

17 drabbles in one night. I think that may be a posting record for me. I'm going to try to have it all posted by the end of the weekend.
Neville Hunt over 3 years ago

Wow Christopher... what a drabblrthon! Thanks!

(Thinks... ‘what will I do at breakfast when he gets to the end? I know, I’ll reread the others in sequence... good idea!’)
Christopher over 3 years ago

Maybe I've gotten my groove back and can work on one of the three or four other Jake stories that I started and couldn't keep going.

I started one where Jake woke up in a cheap motel and looked in the mirror and didn't know who he was. I may go back to that one.
Neville Hunt over 3 years ago

That sounds a terrific setup, Christopher. It could go any one of many directions. Cross fingers that you do, but no pressure!

Jake Randolph in "The Littlest Client" Pt. 181