A Brutal Captor: A mafia dark romance (Ruthless Reign Book 1) by Logan Fox

Author:Logan Fox [Fox, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-16T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Jimmy was kind enough to drive them all the way to Cliff, New Mexico. He was also kind enough to keep them entertained the whole way with anecdotes about his years living in the small town of Alpine where he produced gourmet garlic. Since he was the kind of guy who drove out to meet suppliers who wanted to start stocking his produce, he was also the kind of guy who took four hours to reach a place that shouldn’t have taken more than two.

Finn tried not to push the man to drive faster. After all, he seemed to be under the impression Finn and Cora were newlyweds road-tripping across the country for their honeymoon.

Cora seemed enthralled by the man, giggling at every story and throwing Finn wide-eyed stares whenever the man’s fancies took him too far into the realm of his withered imagination. She sat closest to the driver, Finn beside her. There was barely enough room for all of them in the cab, and he kept catching Cora’s scent. Which kept reminding him about the feel of her mouth against his. He wound down his window, but it didn’t help.

They’d stopped at a gas station in Alma so the old man could fill up his tank. If it hadn’t been so deserted, Finn would have told Jimmy they’d decided to go in a different direction. But it made no sense to do that; he was driving toward Silver City, and that’s where they wanted to be.

He would have bought a new burner phone at the gas station, but they carried only essentials; snacks, toilet paper, and shotgun ammunition. He still had Kristen from the minimart’s phone on him—as well as, ironically, her phone number. Even if she’d reported it stolen, the worst the cell company could do was block it. No one else could possibly know he had it on him.

Jimmy paid for Cora’s candy bar after Finn refused, and she gorged on it with evident delight while giving him far from subtle glances from the corner of her eye. She left about an inch of the candy bar in its wrapper and stowed it away inside her pocket. Where it would undoubtedly melt.

The old man stopped outside a cafe in Cliff about two hours later. With a wave for Finn and a kiss blown to Cora, Jimmy unloaded a bag of garlic and went on his way.

It was almost midday—he had to find them a new ride to Silver City.

Hopefully, the guy in the red cap hadn’t managed to follow them here. But at the speed Jimmy had been driving, the guy could have left an hour after them and still found them on the road, begun tailing them. Finn had been on the look-out for a tail and hadn’t seen one.

The cafe looked empty—only one dark sedan parked beside an adjoining building. Finn gestured for Cora to go inside and followed after a quick scan of the parking lot and what he could see of Route 180.

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