Seeds Chapter 4 Page 20

her and tosses it up over the hedge and onto the road. Then puts a shoulder under her ass to push her up the slope of what is looking like a potential death trap.

The crowd was getting closer, the noise now so loud it felt like they were already upon them. They needed to hurry.

As she gets to the top, almost thrown over with a final heave from Jason, he turns his back to the bank and interlinks his fingers to make a foot position for Andrew to climb up quickly. Andrew drops the backpack and puts his muddy boot into Jason’s hands. With a boost up into the opening and onto the road he reaches back down to give Jason a hand but gets a backpack in the face. Jason can’t see how close the crowd is and reaches back for the other backpack.