Chapter 11 - THE MOTELAlan had lost everything.
His accounts were frozen.
His law career was finished.
His friends disappeared.
His family refused to answer his calls.
He checked into a cheap motel outside San Antonio.
Room 114.
The carpet smelled of smoke.
The air conditioner rattled all night.
Alan sat on the bed surrounded by cash.
The money was all he had left.
He stared at his phone.
Avery's name remained in his contacts.
He called.
Blocked.
Again.
Blocked.
He threw the phone onto the bed.
Then he heard sirens outside.
Alan froze.
He looked through the curtain.
Two unmarked vehicles.
His breathing became shallow.
He grabbed the duffel bag.
He ran toward the bathroom.
Then stopped.
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There was nowhere to go.
For the first time in his life, Alan Cole understood what it meant to be trapped.
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