Her Last Breath

Chapter 40

“Back on the surface,” Washington says, “Jacob had one last surprise.”

Even in death.

“He crawled a bloody trail to his Jeep, dragged himself up into the driver’s seat, and, with his last few seconds of consciousness,

turned the key.”

With a dead man slumped at the wheel, the Jeep would idle uninterrupted for hours. Piped through several hundred feet of rubber

hose, the internal combustion engine would flood the confined space with carbon monoxide. The air inside would become poisonous

to breathe within minutes, a death sentence to Tess and Allie alike.

“He got his revenge on them both.”