Free Last Chance by Bradley Boals Page A

there for a minute, didn’t say a word, and stared at me. All of a sudden, he gets up, tells me to put the rock back down on his desk, and that he appreciated my honesty. He directed me back to the transport to come back to the post. My supervisor was waiting for me, and we left a few minutes later.”
    Sam went on to tell April that there was more to the man from Sector 1 than met the eye. “I thought he was kind of strange to be honest. That crazy accent; I could barely understand what he was saying. Then he would say something as clear as me or you would say it. It’s like he was doing it on purpose.”
    April hoped that Sam had told her everything and asked a final question. “So, you didn’t hear any explanation of what might have happened?”
    Sam paused for a moment. “I didn’t hear any explanations about what may have happened, but I did overhear one of the investigators tell Mr. Kellington that they had some surveillance video that he needed to see.”
    April asked, “What kind of video was it?”
    Sam took April’s hand and began to hug her. “I’m not sure exactly, but it sounded like there was someone in your building last night that was watching the lights in the warehouse at the same time that we saw them. It must have been pretty good video because one of the investigators said that they should have a positive ID within the hour.”
    Panic gripped April as she determined that the investigators had surveillance of her boys watching the warehouse. She pulled away from Sam and asked, “What do you think they’ll do next?”
    Sam cocked his head to the side and explained, “I would imagine the person they saw in the video will be getting a visit from the investigation team pretty soon.”
    April began to make her way back to the door as Sam walked after her. “Look, Sam, I am so glad that you’re OK and I’m so happy that we both know what we’re feeling for each other, but I really need to go check on the boys. We’ll have plenty of time to continue our talk tomorrow.”
    Sam rushed to April’s side and asked, “Can I have one more kiss before you go?”
    April responded, “Of course you can,” and proceeded to give Sam a deep and passionate good-bye kiss. As she walked out of the office she turned and said, “I’ll see you soon.”
    Sam responded, “Absolutely!”
    Once April had cleared the security post and the investigators on the street, she ran back to the elevator, jumped in, and selected nine. The numbers couldn’t light up fast enough as she tried to calm down and determine what she needed to do next. The daylight was gone from Sector 37 and she knew that it was now or never to save her boys.

Chapter 5
    room 1313

    The door flew open to the apartment and April began to grab some old bags stored in her closet. Both Matthew and Connor came into her room with looks of dread. They had never seen April look so flustered.
    “So what did you find out from Sam?” asked Matthew.
    April stopped her mad dash of pulling bags from her closet. “I need both of you to take a bag and get some clothes together. We need to get out of here as fast as we can.”
    Connor asked, “Why do we have to leave? Are we in trouble?”
    April, tears welling up in her eyes, pleaded, “Please, just do as I say. I’ll explain everything later.”
    Before another word could be spoken, there was a knock on the door. April put her finger to her lips and signaled the boys to be quiet.
    Another knock at the door, and this time they heard a voice demand, “Sector security! Please open the door or we will open it for you!”
    April knew that the security team would be in the apartment in mere moments. “Wait just a second; I need to put some clothes on.” April turned to the boys and ordered, “No matter what they ask, do not admit that you saw anything last night. Do you understand me?”
    Both boys replied, “Yes, ma’am.”
    April told the boys to stay in her room until she called for them. Before she