Come Ride With Me

By Sherry Moss Walraven

Three girls who have been friends since first grade, and they would do anything for each other.

        Emma is going to go on vacation with her two best friends, so Emma can have a break from an abusive husband who is in the Mafia.

        The Mafia thinks Emma knows too much, so the Boss told her husband he had to kill her before she testifies. Emma found out what the Boss said, so Emma and her best friends are taking a trip.

        The girls leave in a car, but when you are on the run, you will take anything that runs. These girls rode in a Gypsy Wagon, rode horses, small airplane, cruise ship, a hot air balloon, and many more rides.

        The FBI caught up to them, so they could protect the girls. Emma is supposed to go to court and tell what she knows.

        Not only the FBI, but the Mafia was behind the FBI.

        She hasn’t made up her mind yet if she is going to do it.

        The girls are running with Emma, but they have had some fun along the way with some of the strange people they have met. Is Emma going to talk, or not say a word.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Proisle Publishing Services
• Release date: Jun 27, 2024
• ISBN: 9781963735789

Sherry Moss Walraven

Sherry Moss Walraven is a lifelong resident of Calhoun, Georgia. She taught literature to middle school students. She loves to read and will read all kinds of stories. She honed her storytelling on her two sons and later her four grandchildren. She made up stories on the spur of the moment. Now, retired, she still has many memories of her time with the students and their reactions to the stories. Sherry is the author of several books.

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Prologue

Emma woke to a beautiful day. She was glad she would finally be rid of her terrifying husband. She had as much as she could tolerate. He had made her mad, so she didn’t fix his breakfast. Emma’s husband was angry causing him to stomp on Emma’s cell phone. She wondered if he would ever calm his temper.

I don’t like the things you do in the Mafia, Emma said. One Dog’s wife told me what you were doing, It’s not right. You can’t go around harming people. Don’t you have a conscience?

You didn’t have to do that to my phone, you know. Emma was beginning to run low on patience. She was going to leave with her friends on one of their vacations they take every chance they get.

Oh, One Dog’s wife is crazy. She doesn’t know as much as she thinks she does, John says with an angry expression on his face. He was a handsome man when he wasn’t angry, but most of the time, he is angry. Emma has a lot to think about. Should she leave him or not?

I am going on a vacation with my friends. We are going to Alaska.

Go ahead. See if I care, Emma’s husband said as he took his gun out of his holster.

Emma was somewhat scared of her husband. He had a violent temper. He had turned that bad temper on her more times than she could count.

Her friends said they would go with her. Emma’s husband looked at her with a Devil smile.

I swear I won’t say a word, Emma promised.

You better not if you know what’s good for you, John yelled to Emma.

One Dog’s wife, White Feather, was at her friend’s house with a pan of brownies. She was taking the brownies to put them away. When she did that, she slipped her cell phone in Emma’s pocket. Emma slipped it back and whispered to Emma for her to keep her phone so she would have a way for all of them to have in case of emergency.

Emma called Amelia and Amy and told them to bring a gun for protection. They also would need clothes for winter and summer clothes due to not knowing where they may go.

While Emma was listening to her friends, she slipped the cell phone back in White Feather’s pocket, but one Dog’s wife gave it back to Emma. I don’t want you to get in trouble with the Mafia.

You may need a phone.

Emma told White Feather that she would always call her a friend. I will never forget you, my friend.

John left the house, so Emma called her friends. Do either of you know a good place to go first?

Sure, let’s go to Kansas, Amelia says. You say you never told John who any of your relatives were, but I remember you talking of a cousin in Kansas.

You’re right. John doesn’t know anyone,

So that shouldn’t be a problem if we need to stay with your cousin for one night.

We may need to be extremely watchful because the Mafia shoots to kill, Emma has heard a lot of horrible stories.

Emma’s cousin told the group she had a basement, and you will stay there, but this is the catch. My door to the pantry is the way to the basement. When I open the door to my pantry, the back of the pantry is a secret door that goes to the basement. That is where you ladies will spend the night. I am so glad you came, Emma. I would like to see you more often. When that husband of yours does something to you again, I might get my .38 out.

No one would know where you were. No one knows about this pantry. The girls decided it was a good idea. They could leave in the morning. The Mafia should be ahead of them by then.

Chapter One

Before Emma and the girls left for their imaginary trip to Alaska. Emma was praying her husband wouldn’t be checking up on her Alaska trip. He called Amelia and Amy’s husbands.

Do you think our wives have really gone to Alaska?

Both husbands told John that the girls have been wanting to go to Alaska for a long time now. Don’t worry. They will be okay if they don’t meet up with one of those huge Polar bears.

Okay, thanks for the information, John said with a smile.

Emma went to the bank on their way to Alaska. She took all her money out of her bank account. After the bank stop, Emma went straight to a car lot where Emma made a trade, her BMW for a pale blue nineteen, sixty-six Mustang. The car salesman smiled wide as he watched the ladies leave the lot.

The girls laughed as they left the car lot. They knew they would need to