Discovered in the Tinsel and Glitter - Day 13 - The Extreme Part of Time by Felicity M. Parkinson

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The Extreme Part of Time
by Felicity M. Parkinson

The trees grew tall on either side of the pathway, their verdant canopies forming an arch that let in shafts of sunlight through the foliage. Between the trunks, bushes of laurel, holly and hawthorn screened the adjacent countryside, here on the edge of the estate, a stream marking pace with the track on one side, forming a break between the fields and the trees. Straight as a die, the gravel arrowed well into the distance to where a laurel and a holly bush, spreading vigorously, created a bend before, in the distance, the path straightened out once more.

The tranquillity of the scene was ruptured as agents 4.5 and 3.7 pounded along the trackway, racing after the fleeing man. The job had at first all gone like a dream. How could anyone have known, only an hour ago, that the operation would end with a criminal running away from the scene and Bodie and Doyle racing after him.

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( They waited... )