Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren) novel Chapter 1817

Aspen asked, "Should we give Ms. Garcia a heads up about this?"

Andrew shook his head. "She has government agents protecting her, and she's not some naive young woman like Hannah, so she'll be fine. We don't need to tell her right now, in case it tips Hank off."

Just then, fog started rolling in ahead of them, making visibility on the road much worse.

Seeing Zachary's car slow down, Andrew reduced his speed as well.

Aspen warned him, "Winter roads are slippery, and the fog makes it worse. These are the kind of stretches where accidents happen. Please be careful, honey!"

Andrew said calmly, "Don't worry."

No sooner had he spoken than Zachary's car screeched to a halt up ahead. Thankfully, he was prepared and braked smoothly to a stop as well.

Rolling down his window, he could see Zachary getting out of his car ahead, swearing up a storm.

Andrew frowned. "You three stay in the car. I'll go check it out. It looks like there's been an accident."

The dozen or so cars behind them also slowed down and stopped. Soon, the entire highway was completely blocked.

When Andrew reached the front, he thought Zachary had hit someone or another car. Instead, there was a crash scene ahead of Zachary's vehicle with about eight cars scattered throughout the thick fog at odd angles.

The fog had been so dense that even Andrew had not seen it clearly before. Now, up close, he could hear car alarms blaring and hazard lights flashing chaotically.

Zachary and Ruth were already helping rescue people. Andrew stepped forward and helped pry open the door of an overturned luxury car, and a balding, overweight man with cuts on his face crawled out awkwardly, cursing profusely.

Andrew took a look and was surprised to find that it was Calvin, the head of the Peck family.

Calvin, who had just crawled from under the car, spotted Andrew and immediately froze. He scoffed. "It's you! Move. Get out of my way!"

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