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Chapter 8
One of the bullets had also reached the engine and it began to fail. They were still far from the airport. David took the next exit and found himself again in the suburbs of New York. Dr. Hansen looked upset, he needed to leave the country and things were getting complicated. David parked the car on a little busy street; he didn’t need to turn off the engine since it had done it only because of the failure.
“We’ll need another car,” he said. “Do you have someone else to help you?”
Dr. Hansen thought for a moment.
“We can go back to Dr. Moses’ friends to see if they have one.”
“Okay. We must go. I don’t know this city well. Are we close?
Dr. Hansen glanced around. He knew the area.
“We’re a little far, about seven blocks away.”
“Then we must hurry.”
They got out of the car and started up. New York was a big city; it took just over thi
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