Chapter Twenty-Nine

Jay sped through the subway and up the stairs at the other end. He moved onwards through the first tunnel he saw in front of him, and then started zig-zagging to try and lose his pursuers. After ten minutes, he realised he could run no longer, and so he stopped, slipping into the entrance of an alley which was similar to that he had left. His heart was racing, his breath was trying to catch up, and his head had begun to pound with pain again. His fear had forced him to forget about his previous aches and pains, but he found them coming back to him now. And he waited. Waited for the arrival of his potential attackers.

Fortunately, nobody came. He had lost them, although Jay sat down in his alley, and waited, covering himself with his coat as much as he could, and staying completely still, in case Jimbo and the security guard caught him up. It was as his breath started to come back to him that he realised how tired he was. Despite himself, trying to shake himsefl awake a few times, he found he could resist sleep no longer, and his eyes closed and he relaxed into a fitful exhausted trance.

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